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MORE THAN 2,000 people in Ireland have now died after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
The Health Department confirmed tonight that another 12 people have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 2,006.
The Department also confirmed 379 additional cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, bringing the total number of cases to 69,058.
Commenting on the milestone of 2,000 deaths reached, Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan noted how much the pandemic has impacted families and communities across the country.
“It is important that we continue to work together if we want to suppress this virus and protect as many people as possible,” Holohan said.
“For the next two weeks, work from home, stay home, and follow public health advice.”
2,000 deaths
Tonight’s sobering milestone comes after a surge in deaths of people diagnosed with coronavirus in recent months as Ireland copes with the second wave of the pandemic.
The first death of a person diagnosed with Covid-19, of a woman in the east of the country, was confirmed on March 11, the same day that the World Health Organization (WHO) classified Covid-19 as a pandemic. .
The number of cases and deaths grew exponentially as the virus spread through Ireland in early spring.
By June 1, 1,650 people had lost their lives to Covid-19.
The restrictions at the time meant that many family members, friends and loved ones were unable to properly celebrate the lives of those they had lost.
Lift lock
The stricter public health measures have been relaxed since the end of May and the spread of the virus has been suppressed.
As a result, the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Ireland also began to decline rapidly. There were no more than nine deaths during the entire month of August.
But even during that month, the cases rose again, reaching a record on October 18 when 1,283 cases were reported.
The number of deaths initially remained low, and health officials have acknowledged that additional “lockdown” measures introduced in recent months have maintained sufficient capacity in the health system to successfully treat severe cases.
HSE Clinical Director Dr Colm Henry said the decline in the death rate in Ireland matches similar patterns seen in Europe.
In March and April, when Ireland’s testing and tracing program was just beginning, the positivity rate for people taking tests was 25%, up from 4% today, Dr. Henry said.
In other words, the virus was much more widespread at the time.
“Also, there was a bias toward testing older people,” Dr. Henry said. TheJournal.ie. As the health system mobilized to add capacity in the early days and weeks of the pandemic, testing could only be provided to those in vulnerable groups who were also showing symptoms of the disease.
As the HSE scrambled to stop the spread of Covid-19, nursing homes were particularly vulnerable, resulting in the death of many older people in Ireland.
The elderly and those with underlying health problems are more vulnerable to the virus than most. Data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics in May showed that nearly 92% of confirmed Covid-19 deaths occurred in people over the age of 65.
“The other thing now is that older people are protecting themselves more and they will probably be more protected too,” Dr. Henry said.
Additionally, improved treatments, such as antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs, have been increasingly used to treat people, including the elderly, who contract Covid-19.
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Source: Saxony Lazarov
Daily figures
The daily number of Covid-19 deaths announced each day during the pandemic does not mean that the deaths occurred on that particular day.
There is often a delay in confirming mortality as a result of the virus. In the early days of Covid-19, public health officials urged family members to report the deaths of their loved ones as soon as possible so that health services could better understand the effects of the virus and get a better picture. precise mortality.
NPHET members have sounded warnings in recent days as the number of cases and death rates have risen.
There were 36 deaths from Covid-19 in September and 119 in October. So far this month, 75 people have died from the virus.
“We are concerned that the positive track record we’ve had has stalled at best and is actually deteriorating,” said Dr. Ronan Glynn, deputy medical director, earlier this week.
He added there was little time to “turn this around” by focusing on the basic public health messages of social distancing, hand washing and wearing a face covering.
The government announced earlier this year that national and local events will be held in the near future to commemorate those we have lost during Covid-19.
In collaboration with the media, civil society organizations and church groups on focus and timing, these events are expected to take place sometime in the next year.
Of the cases reported today;
- 174 are men and 203 are women;
- 64% are people under 45 years of age;
- The average age is 36 years;
- 116 cases are in Dublin, 38 are in Donegal, 30 are in Meath, 27 are in Cork, 22 are in Limerick, 22 are in Louth and the remaining 124 cases are distributed in all other counties.
As of 2:00 pm today, 282 patients were in the hospital, of which 33 are in intensive care units. Health officials also said there have been 22 additional hospitalizations in the past 24 hours.
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