A further five people with Covid-19 have died and 617 new cases have been confirmed.
That's according to the latest figures published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
123 are in Dublin, 107 in Cork, 42 in Meath, 36 in Kerry and 35 in Galway and the remaining 274 cases are located across 21 counties.
Of the cases reported:
- 310 are men / 307 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- 33% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 72 cases have been identified as community transmission
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Note: Only counties with 'high' Covid-19 cases are included in the daily figures. The daily figures comprise of cases as of midnight on Thursday October 8th
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In Waterford, 10 cases of Covid-19 were included in yesterday's figures.
It brings the total number of cases in the county over the past two weeks up until midnight on October 7th to 47.
The Chief Medical Officer says that nationwide trends are "continuing to deteriorate".
Dr Tony Holohan has raised concerns over the number of people who have been admitted to hospital with the disease in the last 24 hours:
“The profile of the disease continues to deteriorate. There have been an additional 32 hospitalisations and 8 ICU admissions in the past 24 hours. We are continuing to see a high number of daily cases.
“It is vital that we interrupt the transmission of the virus now.
“NPHET continues to monitor the situation however it is early, individual action that is needed to suppress the virus. Please follow public health advice and do your part to make an impact on the disease.”
