A further 28 people are confirmed to have died from Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
It's brings the death toll to 263.
Of the 28 deaths, 15 patients were female and 13 were male.
The median age of the patients was 81. 19 had an underlying condition.
The HPSC has been informed of 500 new confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Ireland as at 1pm, 9th April.
There are now 6,574 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Ireland.
For more detailed case information data, please visit: https://t.co/RjyC3RrpgD— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) April 9, 2020
500 new cases of the virus were confirmed today. It's the highest figure recorded in a single day.
The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 6,574.
There's 56 cases of Covid-19 in Waterford, as of midnight on Tuesday.
That’s an increase of four since Monday.
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Tuesday 7 April (6,444 cases), reveals:
· 45% are male and 53% are female, with 317 clusters involving 1,391 cases
· the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
· 1,521cases (24%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 230 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 1,765 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 3557, (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 472 cases (7%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 66%, close contact accounts for 24%, travel abroad accounts for 9%
The National Public Health Emergency Team’s modelling data has revealed that Ireland’s effort to date has greatly reduced the transmission of the virus.
· The growth rate has reduced from 33% daily in the early weeks of this outbreak, to 9% this week.
· The number of people, on average, that someone with COVID 19 is likely to infect was high at the beginning of the outbreak at 4.5. We now see this ‘R’ (reproduction) number reduced very significantly.
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group (IEMAG) said; “When an R number increases by even a fraction above 1, the number of new cases per day will rise, slowly but inexorably.
“We are at a very delicate and critical point in our response to this pandemic.”
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “The virus is still sustaining itself in our community. If we do not stay at home and practice physical distancing then we are not stopping the spread.
“It is crucial that each one of us take seriously the risks this virus poses, follows the guidelines and limit the opportunity for this virus to spread."
