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There have been 499 new Covid-19 cases reported to the Department of Health as of midnight last night and eight additional deaths.
- 244 were men, 249 were women
- 68% were under 45 years old.
- The average age of the current cases was 32
Dublin recorded 175 cases, while there were 72 in Cork, 29 in Limerick, 26 in May and 21 in Meath. The remaining 176 cases were distributed to another 19 counties.
This comes when Taoiseach Micheál Martin said today that there is still a long way to go until, despite the welcome decrease in the incidence of the virus in the Republic.
Martin said the government wanted to keep up the pressure by withholding level 5 restrictions to reduce the virus to the lowest level possible.
“We intend to keep the pressure on the virus to be able to open in December and in the months of January, February and March. Hopefully a vaccine will arrive towards the end of the year that gives people some hope, ”he said.
North Ireland
Earlier today, Northern Ireland confirmed 595 additional cases and eight new deaths.
4,160 cases have been confirmed in the North last week, with 407 people currently in hospital treatment for the virus, of which 49 are being treated in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
Northern Ireland Deputy Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill called for greater coordination between Ireland and the United Kingdom to combat the virus in order to control the spread of the virus on the island as a whole.
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