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Twenty-seven more people died from Covid-19 in Ireland, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,429.
156 more cases of the coronavirus have also been diagnosed in the Republic, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 22,541.
It was also confirmed in today’s briefing that Covid-19 groups have been confirmed at 10 meat processing facilities in Ireland.
Deputy Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said a total of 566 cases have been confirmed.
He said that HSE outbreak control teams have been established for each of those groups and that a national outbreak control team will take a number of measures to mitigate and prevent the spread, including producing guidance for the food processing facilities. meat.
Dr. Glynn also confirmed that there were three more groups of Covid-19 infection identified at the Direct Supply Centers.
He said 12 groups had been identified as of midnight last night, representing an increase of three from Saturday night.
He confirmed that there were a total of 149 cases, compared to 88 on Saturday, and 12 had been hospitalized, two more people since Saturday.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said increased testing is currently being considered at direct supply centers and meat processing factories.
Dr. Holohan said, “We want some of the testing capacity available at HSE to be available to some of those types of sectors, direct provisioning, the challenge we’ve had in meat factories and elsewhere.”
However, he added that the “HPSE” was currently considering the “details of who is being tested and where.”
Dr. Holohan provides an age breakdown of the total number of confirmed cases and deaths so far, with 120 confirmed cases among children under the age of four | Live updates: https://t.co/cZpmOJlY19 pic.twitter.com/CBE8JRKb6r
– RTÉ News (@ belongws) May 8, 2020
On the issue of the exit certificate, medical director Tony Holohan said the Department of Education had “followed public health advice” in deciding to cancel exams and had provided clarity to students.
Regarding the reopening of schools in September, Dr. Holohan said “if things go well,” he would hope to be in a position to see that happen, but it was impossible to predict at this time.
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Center, as of midnight on Wednesday, May 6 (22,301 cases), show that 57% of diagnosed cases are women and 43% are men.
The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years.
2,915 cases (13%) have been hospitalized and of those hospitalized, 373 cases have been admitted to the ICU.
Of all the cases, 6,586 are associated with health workers.
Dublin has the highest number of cases with 10,885 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,312 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,199 cases (5%).
Dr. Holohan said: “Analysis of multiple data sources shows a continued high level of compliance with public health measures.
“As we prepare for the next stages of living with this virus, we are learning new norms and behaviors, particularly how we interact in public spaces.
Physical distancing, hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, safe interactions apply to everyone if we want to keep Covid-19 suppressed in Ireland. “
In Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has reported five other Covid-19 related deaths.
Increases the total number of deaths in the region to 427.
An additional 38 cases of Covid-19 have also been diagnosed in the North, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,022.
About 80% of Covid-19 cases will be mild to moderate disease, about 14% have severe disease, and about 6% are critical.
In general, you should be 15 minutes or closer to and less than two meters from an infected person to be considered at risk or close contact.
The latest figures come as this summer’s Leaving Cert exams have been canceled, and Education Minister Joe McHugh reveals details of an alternative plan.
All students will be offered the option to accept calculated grades instead of taking written Leaving Certificate exams at a later date in the new plans announced this afternoon.
McHugh said he had done everything possible to run the Leaving Cert as close as possible to the way it was originally intended.
But he had convincing evidence based on medical advice and other assessments that it would not be possible to reliably and validly and fairly test the students.
Teachers are asked to grade students for each individual component of a subject, for example, coursework, written assignments, or an oral or practical exam.
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Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for April, as measured by the adjusted measure Covid-19, jumped to a new record of 28.2%, new figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics show today.
The OSC said the Covid-19 crisis continued to have a significant impact on the labor market here in April.
Covid-19’s new adjusted unemployment rate jumped to 28.2% from 15.5% in March.
The jump came after the number of people claiming the highest emergency payment more than doubled to 602,107, in addition to the seasonally adjusted 216,900 in regular unemployment benefits.
The adjusted unemployment rate does not include 427,400 more workers in a wage subsidy scheme for affected companies, where the state agreed in March to pay 70% of wages up to a maximum of € 410 per week for an initial period of 12 weeks.
Ireland needs to ‘finish the job’ in the battle of Covid-19 – Harris
Furthermore, Health Minister Simon Harris said the ability to start reopening the country depends on how people behave over the next ten days.
He said that while there are many positive indicators, the virus continues to wreak havoc, cost lives and make people sick, and it would not take long for the country to go back and undo the “incredible progress” that has been made.
Minister Harris said he is concerned that when people hear about the progress being made in relation to the disease, they will believe that the battle has been won,
But, he said, the country needs to “finish the job.”
He was speaking during a visit to a Community Assessment Center at Mater Hospital in Dublin, which is one of 40 that have been opened across the country to deal with Covid 19.
The minister said fewer new Covid-19 cases are recorded every day in nursing homes compared to last month, with a previous figure of around 100 per day, but now it has dropped to around 50.
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