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Seventy cases of Covid-19 in Cork have been traced to local pubs and restaurants in recent weeks.
The cases represent 20 percent of the 350 cases that occurred in the county in the last fortnight.
In Galway, a “significant group” has been linked to a house party in the city, according to public health officials.
The National Public Health Emergency Team reported another 390 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday night. This brings the total number of cases of the virus in the Republic to 35,377.
Nphet reported no more deaths, leaving the total number of deaths in the pandemic at 1,802.
Of the new cases, 209 are in Dublin, 27 in Cork and 22 in Donegal. There were also 21 cases in Galway, 14 in Kildare, 14 in Monaghan, seven in Roscommon, seven in Tipperary, seven in Waterford, seven in Wexford, six in Limerick, six in Longford, five in Laois, five in Meath, five in Offaly. , five in Sligo, with the remaining 23 cases in eight counties.
Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said the number of new cases is still “higher than we would like” and that the numbers in some counties continue to rise.
Dublin and Donegal are “still very high,” while “it wouldn’t take much for things to go wrong again” in Kildare and Louth, he said.
Dr Glynn acknowledged that the numbers were beginning to stabilize in Dublin, but said it was “too early to tell” if it was a definite trend.
He said numbers were increasing rapidly in Cork, Galway, Monaghan and Roscommon and that people everywhere needed to take action, reduce their social contacts and keep their distance from others.
The levels of concern in the population have increased even more, to levels observed in April, according to research conducted for the Department of Health. More people think the worst of the pandemic is yet to come, and 54 percent think there should be more restrictions.
The national incidence of the virus is now 88 cases per 100,000 people during the past 14 days. The average age of the cases is 32 years, and 67% affect people under 45 years of age.
Over the past two weeks, 51 percent of the 2,160 cases have occurred in Dublin, 8 percent in Cork and 7 percent in Donegal.
Dr. Glynn said that a single case had led to a series of clusters of 56 others. The index case was a person with symptoms that they did not consider significant and who did not isolate himself.
The person met with friends, leading to another 13 cases. One of these contacts was unable to restrict their movement, leading to nine more cases. More cases arose in extended families and through sports activity.
“Now is not the time for big social media,” he said.
One of the biggest sources of delay in case tracking was people with symptoms who waited too long to contact their GP, while it also seemed that some young people were reluctant to identify contacts because they felt there was “some kind of stigma associated”.
Of 27 deaths in September, seven did not have an underlying condition and seven were under 65, he said.
Speaking at the briefing, Lorna Fitzpatrick, President of the Students’ Union in Ireland urged students to take public health guidelines into account when making plans and decisions about where to go and who to see.
‘Very scary’
A healthcare worker who spent nearly 10 weeks in intensive care after contracting Covid-19 spoke at Nphet’s evening briefing and urged people to ‘be careful’ and take the virus very seriously. “
Jerick Martin, who is in his 30s, says he knows from personal experience “how dangerous this virus is.”
Jerick Martin, who entered the ICU with Covid-19. Photography: Nick Bradshaw
He says he was a fit and healthy man, enjoying life with his wife and daughter when he caught it. “Within five days of experiencing my first symptoms, I was admitted to the hospital, where I spent 68 days in intensive care, most of that time on a ventilator, in an induced coma.
Her doctor told her that she would be in an induced coma for a few days, but she actually woke up two months later. “The impact of that is very scary and it will have lasting effects,” Martin said.
“This disease does not care that you are young, fit and healthy. She does not care that you have a family that loves you and is waiting for you to return home. Anyone can get it and anyone can get very sick. “
He said he was grateful to be alive, but would like people to realize the effect that Covid-19 can easily have.
“Being in a ventilator-induced coma means that you are unconscious and a machine has to breathe for you. I had multi-organ failure and my family had to deal with the fact that I couldn’t answer them, couldn’t hear them, surrounded by machinery and tubes in a hospital bed.
“My wife says this was hell for her. She thought she was going to die and the hospital had to call her twice to tell her that she might not live. “
He said he finally began to recover thanks to the Beaumont Hospital staff and the prayers of family and friends, and was able to return home.
He had lost eight pounds and has diabetes, shortness of breath, and high blood pressure. “I didn’t have these conditions before. Now, I need an inhaler and I am short of breath going up or down the stairs.
I don’t know what the long-term effects will be. Now I ask everyone to be careful. Take this virus very seriously. “
north
The Northern health department reported an additional 220 positive cases of coronavirus in its daily bulletin issued Monday afternoon.
This brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the north to 10,949. There were no more deaths from the virus in the north, leaving the total deaths at 578.
Meanwhile, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has urged young people in particular to refocus on social distancing and hand hygiene during what he described as a crucial fortnight to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The Taoiseach said that “the next two weeks will be critically important” for the state as it tries to stabilize the virus and prevent other counties from being elevated to Level 3 restrictions.
Mr. Martin spoke at the launch on Monday of a new brochure on Covid-19 that will be delivered to every household in the country. It emphasizes the threat posed by a coronavirus resurgence and also reminds households of the best protocols to follow.
“The launch of this brochure, a copy of which will be sent to every household in the country, is an important moment. It is an opportunity to remind the country of the choice we face next winter. Each of us has the power to stop and suppress the spread of this virus; it is up to each of us to choose what we are going to do in the face of the threat, ”he said.
He asked young people in particular to adhere to the advice on hand hygiene, cough etiquette and social distancing and to “respect the restrictions that exist where we live.”
Taoiseach Micheal Martin launches the National Framework for Living with Covid-19 Informational Brochure with An Post CEO David Redmond and employees Laura Fitzsimons and Keith Lally outside the GPO, Dublin. Photography: Julien Behal Photography / PA Wire
Mr. Martin continued: “This is a dangerous and deadly virus that kills. Many of those it does not kill, it leaves them seriously ill, regardless of age.
“Every citizen of the country has the power to change the trajectory of this disease. I think it is very important to ensure that they are as informed as possible.
“I would encourage all households to treat this document as they would treat any other important piece of literature that comes into your home. Keep it safe and keep it handy, ‘he said.
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