The flu, norovirus, STI's and more infectious diseases are on the rise in Ireland at the moment - showing a stark increase in 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.
According to HPSC data, 2,330 people have been diagnosed with sexual infection chlamydia so far this year, 811 more than in 2021.
Gonorrhea has increased by 287 in the same 13-week period compared to last year, while 51 more people have come to the doctors with syphillis.
Respiratory infections are also flying through the population, 1,624 have been diagnosed with having the flu so far this year. Not a single person in Ireland was recorded as having the flu in the first 13 weeks of 2021.
Some 164 people have been hit with a norovirus infection - a contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea - compared to just 14 people the previous year.
Another 347 people have had a respiratory syncytial virus infection, 341 more than the previous year.
The most rampant disease of the year has been Covid-19, 709,663 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus since the turn of the year.
This is 573,392 more people than the same period last year.
So far in 2022, 717,863 people have been struck down by infectious diseases, the majority of which were Covid-19.
You can see the data, released by the HPSC, in the images above - data is up until April 6th.
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