Six new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Waterford.
The new cases are among 156 cases announced by the Department of Health this evening and are up until midnight last night (Friday).
Two people with Covid-19 have died bringing the death toll to 1,777.
The new cases in Waterford will bring the total since the outbreak began to 181.
Earlier Waterford biopharma company Sanofi confirmed that a second employee has tested positive for the virus. Bausch + Lomb also revealed last night that they have one confirmed case.
Of the cases notified today;
- 81 are men / 75 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- 68 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 15 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 55 in Dublin, 36 in Kildare, 12 in Tipperary, 9 in Limerick, 7 in Kilkenny, 6 in Waterford and the remaining 31 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “This weekend, if you are having people over, please have no more than 6 visitors, from no more than 3 households, to your home. It is vital that people all across the country follow the public health advice. If you have any symptoms, isolate and contact your GP by phone immediately.”
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