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More restrictions will be considered for Dublin later this week and COVID-19 cases are expected to increase in the capital.
Health chiefs and the government are monitoring what Taoiseach Department Assistant Secretary General Liz Canavan described as “worrying trends” in the city and several other counties in the county.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Ireland per 100,000 people has risen to 70.4 nationally in the two weeks to September 20.
There is concern about the increase in cases in Louth, Waterford, Limerick, Kildare, Leitrim, Donegal, Offaly and Wicklow, as well as in Dublin.
Officials are playing a “waiting game” in hopes that infections will stabilize by the middle of next week.
If they don’t, further restrictions are likely to be considered for the capital, the Irish Times reports.
The worrying upward trend in cases in Dublin continues to be a cause for concern, with an incidence rate per 100,000 people exceeding 200 in one area.
Dublin North West, which covers Dublin areas 7, 11 and 15, has an incidence of 204.7, almost three times the national average.
The situation is also dire in other parts of the city with Dublin North Central (North City Center, Ballymun, Beaumont, Santry, Drumcondra, Dollymount, Fairview and Clontarf) registering a rate of 155.3 per 100k.
Dublin South East (Sandymount, Ballsbridge, Ranelagh, Donnybrook, Milltown, Dundrum, Ballinteer, Sandyford and Kilternan) has a rate of 150.4, South West (Drimnagh, Crumlin, Walkinstown and Tallaght) is 142.3 and Dublin West (Palmerstown , Lucan, Chapelizod, Inchicore, Clondalkin, Milltown, Newcastle, Saggart, and Brittas) is 140.3.
The lowest incidence rate for every 100,000 inhabitants in the capital is South Dublin (Booterstown, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire, Monkstown, Stillorgan, Sallynoggin, Dalkey, Foxrock, Killiney, Cabinteely, Shankill and Loughlinstown) with 62.5, which is the the only area that is below the national average.
Fares for other areas include Dublin South City (South Inner city, Ringsend, Terenure) at 114 and Dublin North (Balbriggan, The Naul, Skerries, Garristown, Oldtown, Lusk, Ballyboghill, Rush, Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Darndale, Baldoyle , Coolock, Raheny, Artane and Howth) at 116.9.
Young people make up the largest group of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ireland over the past two weeks.
Of the 3,353 cases registered at the national level between September 7 and 20, 727 of those cases were in the age group 15 to 24 years – 21.68% of all cases in the country
After that, the 25 to 34 age group had 17.78% of all cases with 596 positive results.
Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn called for a show of “solidarity and cooperation” in an attempt to suppress the virus.
He said: “The spirit of the response to COVID-19 since the start of this pandemic has been solidarity and cooperation.
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