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There have been five more deaths and 248 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland in the last 24 hours.
This is one of the largest daily increases in deaths in recent months. A total of 1,802 patients have died from Covid-19, according to the Health Department.
There are now a total of 34,560 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the new cases, 104 are in Dublin, 37 in Donegal, 36 in Cork, 8 in Kildare, 8 in Westmeath, 6 in Kilkenny, 6 in Laois, 6 in Offaly, 5 in Longford, 5 in Monaghan, 5 in Wexford, and the remaining 22 cases are in 11 other counties.
The number of new cases, if any, has yet to be published for Limerick.
There were zero cases on two occasions in the past week; September 20 and 23.
Of the cases reported today, 132 are men and 115 are women; 67% are under 45 years old; 36% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case; 36 cases have been identified as community transmission.
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