According to a report, due to reduced health service executive services, covid 19 since the end of 2019 has resulted in an extra 10,000 people waiting for in patient treatment. Reportedly there are 77,000 on the inpatient waiting list and an unprecedented 630,000 are waiting for out patient appointments.
Cancellations of operations and appointments, reportedly a requirement for an as called national public health emergency team was said to be partly due to people being worried about catching covid in hospital though Ireland did not have the onslaught of hospital patients suffering from covid or fatalities experienced elsewhere.
According to some figures the delta variant is resulting in fewer deaths, reportedly nearly zero in the uk where delta is said to account for approximately 99% of covid cases. According to usa figures, delta accounts for more than 90% of cases, the fatality rate was said to be approximately .18%. Reportedly delta may account for 70% of Irish cases. Recent fatalities were said to be related to foreign travel.