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There have been no new deaths and 138 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic, according to the Department of Health.
Of the cases reported today, 67% are under 45 years of age.
39 percent are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case, while 23 cases have been identified as community transmission.
68 of the cases are in Dublin, 13 in Limerick, nine in Galway, nine in Kildare, five in Cork, five in Wexford, five in Wicklow and the remaining 24 cases are distributed in Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Kilkenny, Laois. , Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford and Westmeath.
Increasing numbers
It comes as Dubliners have been urged to keep their social contacts to a minimum, after more than 130 of the 231 new cases reported yesterday were in the region.
The number of new confirmed cases yesterday was the highest daily number on record in four months, as there has also been a steady increase in hospital admissions.
The incidence rate of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in Ireland is now higher than in 20 other countries on the European continent, according to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The Republic’s disease rate increased from 31.6 per 100,000 inhabitants yesterday to 33.2 today, increasing by around two figures in the space of one day.
Only ten countries in Europe now have a higher incidence rate of the virus among their populations than the Republic.
The HSE clinical director said the people of Ireland need to “redouble our efforts” when it comes to following the guidelines as the country reopens. Dr. Colm Henry said that just because younger people get the virus does not mean that it cannot yet be transmitted to older people.
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