Seventy cases in Cork related to pubs and restaurants in the last weeks

ABOUT SEVENTY CASES of Covid-19 in recent weeks have been linked to pubs and restaurants in Cork, Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said tonight.

Asked by TheJournal.ie To provide additional information after specifically appealing to people in Cork, Monaghan, Galway and Roscommon, Dr. Glynn confirmed that 70 cases reported in Cork during the past 14 days had been related to pubs and restaurants.

“That is in the context of 350 cases in Cork over the last fortnight,” Dr. Glynn said.

In Galway, meanwhile, a “significant group” has been linked to a party at a house in the city, Dr. Glynn said.

NPHET confirmed another 390 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland tonight.

No new deaths have been reported as a result of Covid-19. The total number of confirmed cases in Ireland is 35,377.

The figures were released by the Health Department in a briefing tonight.

From today’s figures, about 209 cases were confirmed in Dublin, which is currently under Level 3 restrictions.

Some 27 cases are in Cork, 22 in Donegal, 21 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 and five in Sligo.

The remaining 23 cases are spread across eight counties.

Dublin and Donegal are currently at Level 3 under Living with Covid, which means they face stricter Covid-19 measures than the rest of the country.

A decision will be made this week on whether to increase Covid-19 restrictions in Louth, Cork, Wicklow and Galway amid a growing number of cases across all four counties.

Pubs that only serve drinks in counties that are currently on Level 2 were allowed to reopen as of September 21 after six months of closure. Publicans have previously questioned the evidence cited by NPHET for not allowing these stores to reopen.

About 66% of confirmed cases today are under 45 years of age. Meanwhile, some 45 of the 390 cases confirmed today were identified as community transmission.

Dr. Glynn said tonight that 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.

Lorna Fitzpatrick, President of the Irish Student Union, today urged students to take public health guidelines into account when making plans about socializing.