The death toll from the Republic’s coronavirus increases by 28, while confirmed cases increase by 500



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Twenty-eight more people have died from the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases in the state increased by 500, the largest single-day increase to date.

Fifteen of the patients who died were women and 13 men, with an average age of 84 years, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team. Nineteen of the patients had an underlying health condition. Some 22 of the deaths were located in the east, two in the northwest, two in the south and two in the west.

This brings the number of deaths from the coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, to 263 in the Republic.

The number of known cases has increased from 6,074 to 6,574.

The analysis carried out by the Health Surveillance Protection Center of 6,444 cases as of Tuesday shows that the average age of known cases is 48 years.

Data from models used by the public health emergency team show that the daily growth rate has slowed from 33% in the early stages of the outbreak to 9% this week.

Fianna Fáil’s reaction

Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said more than 50,000 people are waiting to get tested.

He was speaking after a government briefing for party leaders about the Covid-19 crisis.

“The areas of greatest concern that were articulated were the current problems related to PPE [personal protection equipment], the situation in relation to nursing homes and the whole situation in the tests. “

He said that in terms of testing, “about 53,000 tests have been completed to date. There were 51,000 people waiting for swab appointments and it seems to me that there is still some degree of work to be done on the test front. What we were identified was a laboratory capacity problem. Therefore, suffice it to say that the country is not where it would like to be in terms of the volume of tests and the change in tests.

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