Covid-19: two deaths, 234 new cases

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The Health Department has been notified of 234 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 33,675.

There were two new coronavirus-related deaths, meaning the total number of people who died from the virus in Ireland is 1,794.

Of today’s cases, 103 are in Dublin, 30 in Donegal, Galway accounts for 22, 21 cases in Cork, 13 in Wicklow, 12 in Louth, 9 in Kildare and 8 in Meath. The remaining 17 cases are spread over 10 counties.

34 cases have been identified as community transmission.

Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said: “The most important thing for people across the country to do now is to reduce their social contacts.

“We all have to reduce discretionary social activities. Knowing fewer people means fewer opportunities for the virus to spread. Please prioritize who you want to meet with and try to keep your social network as small as possible.”

NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group Chairman Professor Philip Nolan said they are seeing a continued rise in all disease metrics this week.

Professor Nolan said that there has been an increase in the number of cases per day.

The 7-day average over the past week is 276 cases per day.

The cumulative incidence of 14 days is close to 74 today, yesterday it was 71.

He said the average over the past week was 80 people in the hospital with Covid-19 at any time today, there were 95 at last count today.

Professor Nolan said there were typically 7 admissions a day last week, up from 9 in the last 24 hours.

During the past week, there were 15 people in the ICU on any given day, today that number is 16, with 1-2 admissions per day to the ICU usually.

He said there is “a fairly wide age distribution, most are under 65 and quite a few are young.”

Professor Nolan said that while in recent days the five-day moving average of the number of new cases per day has not increased as fast as in the last week, it was too early to tell if this is the case. of the measures introduced last week.

He said this “should be an encouragement to redouble our efforts in the coming days to follow that public health advice and limit the transmission of the virus.”

He said “there is absolutely no room to imagine that we are seeing stability yet at this point.”

He said that nearly 13,000 tests were completed last week, the positivity rate is higher, so there are more viruses and it is detected more frequently, but added that the positivity rate was lower by international standards.

He said that usually one additional death per day was confirmed last week.

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Professor Nolan has said that they have seen a progressive increase in cases among the elderly, so the incidence within the 65+ age group is now about 4 times higher than 5 weeks ago.

He said the increase in cases in early August was predominantly in the young and working-age population, but in recent weeks, there are more cases in those over 65, which is increasing.

He said that even though the intensive care numbers today are small compared to the 160 seen in April, the 16 is a very considerable increase from the previous weeks.

He said the increase in deaths is sadly inevitable and they are reporting 1 to 3 deaths per day for the past two weeks.

He said that there is a pattern of transmission of the disease in the community in 1 in 4 cases and that it is amplified in particular settings, such as households in particular, which accounts for the remaining cases.

Midlands Public Health Director Dr Una Fallon said just because you know people you shouldn’t let your guard down and urged people with symptoms to restrict their movements.

He cited several cases that led to other cases and said that these could be prevented if they had adhered to the guide.

Formerly an infectious disease specialist Professor Sam McConkey warned that Ireland is at the beginning of a second wave of Covid-19.

Speaking at a meeting of the Oireachtas Special Committee on the response to Covid-19, Professor McConkey said that physical distancing is needed to “squash the curve in the ground.”

In Northern Ireland, 220 new cases of the virus have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health.

There have been no more deaths, with the balance of 577.

Around 600 pubs in Northern Ireland that do not serve food may open as of today for the first time since the Covid-19 restrictions were introduced in March.

Meanwhile, four cabinet ministers are restricting his movements and working from home.

They are Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly.



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