The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 416 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
23 of today's cases are in Waterford and the incidence rate of Covid-19 per 100,000 of the population in the county is now 208.3.
The national 14 day incidence rate per 100-thousand population has dropped to 268.7.
Of the cases notified today;
- 186 are men / 230 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 87 in Dublin, 62 in Cork, 41 in Mayo, 37 in Galway and the remaining 189 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2pm today 320 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “We are making progress in suppressing the current rise of COVID-19. Ireland is currently one of only four countries in the EU with a reduction in its 7-day incidence. Nationally, our reproductive number has reduced to about 1.0.
“We are working collectively to achieve suppression, but it is too early to ease our efforts. The incidence is decreasing in young adults but it continues to rise in those aged over 75. We have more to do but we are on the right track.”
