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A further 326 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the state, while the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) reported no additional deaths on Friday.
Dublin has the highest number of cases with 152. Cork has 32, Donegal 22, Galway has 21. There were 15 cases in Meath, 11 in Kildare, nine in Kerry, eight in Louth and Westmeath, six in Tipperary, Limerick and Mayo and five at Wexford. The remaining 25 are spread over eight counties.
A total of 34,315 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Ireland since the end of February and the total number of deaths is now 1,797.
Men account for 162 of Friday’s cases, while women account for 152. People under 45 years of age account for 69% of cases, while 49 have been identified as examples of community transmission.
Validation of the data by the Health Protection Surveillance Center has resulted in the denotification of six confirmed cases and this is reflected in the current total.
“Today I ask people everywhere, but particularly in Donegal and Dublin, to pay special attention to public health councils,” said Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Medical Director.
“I ask each individual to take personal responsibility for prioritizing who they need to see, limiting the size of their social network, and reducing their social contacts in the days and weeks ahead.
“Because while there is the possibility that other areas may have to move to Level 3, there is nothing inevitable about it. We’ve seen before how people working together can turn the tide of this virus and get back in control of the growing trajectories.
Know how valuable your individual shares are. Your choices and your actions are part of how we will get there. “
High rates
Lifford-Stranorlar has the highest incidence of Covid-19 in the Republic today, new figures show.
The Co Donegal area has a 14-day incidence of 336.1 cases per 100,000 people, nearly five times the national incidence of 70.7, according to recently updated data from the government’s Covid-19 data center.
Celbridge in Co Kildare, with an incidence of 300.6, is the local electoral area with the second highest figures, suggesting that it could be next in line for the restrictions currently applied to Dublin and Donegal.
However, the risks of imposing restrictions across the county are illustrated by the fact that many other parts of Kildare have relatively low incidence figures. Newbridge, for example, has registered fewer than five cases in the last fortnight, so its incidence is too low to be officially registered.
Problems emerging on the outskirts of Dublin are also highlighted by the fact that Bray West, in Co Wicklow, has the third highest incidence, at 206.5. Here again, the more rural parts of the county have relatively low case numbers.
Within Dublin, the city’s southwest local constituency area has the highest incidence with 191.3, followed by Ballyfermot Drimnagh with 160.6, Central Tallaght with 159.7 and Kimmage Rathmines with 157.5.
In Louth, Dundalk Carlingford remains a hot spot with an incidence of 179.7.
Cities and Universities
Also on Friday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned that Irish cities may have restrictions imposed. This came as the number of people in hospital due to Covid-19 rose above 100 and Co Donegal prepared to enter Tier 3 of the Government’s five-tier virus restriction framework as of midnight.
Mr. Martin said that NPHET would advise the government “in terms of any restrictions that may have to go into other areas.”
He said NPHET is particularly concerned about the urban centers of Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick.
Meanwhile, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has announced that all The country’s tertiary institutions will move to level 3. of the mark up to three weeks from midnight tonight. All lectures and most online tutorials are also expected to move.
Facilities such as libraries and laboratories will remain open and all social activities on campus have been suspended.
This comes after Dr. Glynn and his counterpart in the north, Dr. Michael McBride made an appeal to the people not to cross the border between Donegal and Derry unless absolutely necessary.
North Ireland
Earlier on Friday, North Korea recorded its highest daily total of new coronavirus cases on Friday, after 273 people tested positive for the virus.
In the last week, 1,236 cases have been identified, the North Health Department said. The total number of positive cases since the start of the pandemic now stands at 10,223.
The biggest cause for concern is in Derry City and Strabane, which reported 242 new cases in the past seven days. Its infection rate is now 160.6 per 100,000 people.
The Department reported no new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, leaving the death toll at 577.
The new cases were detected from 7,410 tests, representing a positivity rate of 3.7 percent.
Testing has intensified significantly in the past two months.
In the last 10 days, the tests have been stable at around 20/1000 people per week, while the cases have almost doubled.
Most of the new cases in the last seven days are in Belfast (350), followed by Londonderry and Strabane (242) and Newry, Morne and Down (160).
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