1,012 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Republic, and three more patients have died.
It's the highest number of new positive tests seen in 24 hours since the outbreak reached Ireland.
A number of positive tests for Covid-19 higher than today's figure has been reported just once before. That was during the first wave back in May, when officials were catching up with a backlog of tests being processed in Germany.
This time the Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that all of the 1,012 cases being reported today were notified in the 24 hours up to midnight on Friday.
199 people with the virus are now in hospital, with 31 patients being treated in intensive care.
There are new cases in every county in Ireland. It's not yet known how many of today's cases are in Waterford however, it has emerged this evening that 10 new cases were confirmed in Waterford on Thursday and were part of the 617 cases announced last night. There were also 10 cases confirmed in Waterford on Wednesday.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan says he is worried about the numbers and how quickly they are deteriorating.
“All of today’s 1,012 cases were notified to the HPSC over a period of 24 hours up to midnight.
“The 14-day incidence rate has increased from 108 per 100,000 last Sunday to 150 per 100,000 today, which represents a 39% increase."
Dr Holohan added:
“All of the important indicators of the disease are deteriorating. For example, there has been a consistent increase in test positivity over the past week. The test positivity rate up to midnight Friday 9th October was 6.2%, which has more than doubled in less than a fortnight.
“Case numbers are growing across all age groups and throughout the country.”
I am very worried about the numbers we are seeing and how quickly they are deteriorating.
All of today’s 1,012 cases were notified to @hpscireland over a period of 24 hours up to midnight.
All of the important indicators of the disease are deteriorating...
(1/3) https://t.co/b9bij8DRE4— Dr Tony Holohan (@CMOIreland) October 10, 2020
Of the cases notified today;
- 511 are men / 496 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 241 in Dublin, 112 in Cork, 80 in Cavan, 72 in Meath, 66 in Galway, and the remaining 441 cases are spread across 21 other counties (including Waterford).
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “In the past 24 hours, there have been 35 new admissions of laboratory confirmed cases to hospital and 4 new admissions to ICU. There are now 199 people in hospital and 31 in ICU. Every age group, location and household needs to act now, limit your contacts and stop the disease in its tracks.”
