Is this the longest January in history? It certainly feels that way. The first month of the year has seen a mixed picture with Covid-19.
After the surge in cases, the daily numbers are thankfully beginning to reduce, but only very slowly. The impact on the health system continues, with significant admissions, ICU numbers and unfortunately a high number of deaths.
Vaccination remains the big game in the fight to defeat coronavirus. The official figures were updated on Thursday to show that 121,900 people have been vaccinated with a first dose.
Although we are promised that more detailed vaccination figures will be provided, there is no official data beyond that published on the Covid-19 Data Hub.