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The Health Department has been notified of 432 additional cases of Covid-19, while one more death has also been recorded, as the Medical Director calls for “a broad social effort” to combat the coronavirus.
It brings the total number of deaths here to 1,811, while now there have been a total of 38,973 cases.
Of the current cases, 62% are under 45 years of age, while 48% are associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
Sixty of the cases have been identified as community transmission, with a division in the cases of 218 men and 214 women.
Geographically, 111 of the cases are in Dublin, 51 in Donegal, 41 in Cork, 32 in Clare, and the remaining 197 are in 20 counties.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan has said that it is now “essential that there is a broad social effort in the coming weeks.”
“Each of us has the power to disrupt the spread of this virus and now is a vital time to use it,” he said.
She added: “Focus on what you can do; wash your hands regularly, wear a face cover, stay away from others, avoid crowds, limit your social network, know the symptoms and what to do if you experience them or are in close contact. of a confirmed case “.
Assistant Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn has urged people to isolate themselves and call their GP without delay if they begin to experience a cough, fever, shortness of breath, loss of sense of taste or smell.
“This is a vital action if we want to break the chains of transmission,” he said.
In addition to the latest daily figures, the number of people receiving treatment for Covid-19 in hospitals today remains 150 for the second day in a row.
This day two weeks ago the figure stood at 94, while it is also almost 100 more than at the same time last month.
The number of patients in intensive care has also gone from 23 to 24 since yesterday. It represents the highest number of people with the virus in ICU since June 15.
As of 8pm last night, HSE figures showed that there were also 129 suspected cases in hospitals, with 11 suspected cases in ICU.
At that time, there were 282 open and staffed adult intensive care beds across the country. But only 33 beds, about 12% of the ICU’s available capacity, were unoccupied.
The vast majority of ICU patients were not Covid cases.
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The figures are advanced to all counties that transition to the government’s Living with Covid-19 plan’s Tier 3 restrictions by a three-week period starting at midnight.
Starting tomorrow, gardaí will be at 132 large-scale checkpoints across the country to ensure that people comply with the measures. The checkpoints will be on the country’s main routes, in addition to thousands of mobile checkpoints on secondary roads in cities and towns.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said the Gardaí does not need additional powers to control the restrictions, but will review that position if continued violations become apparent.
However, the gardaí will not be granted additional powers to restrict people’s movements. Commissioner Harris warned that travel will be difficult after midnight, traffic jams are inevitable and it would be “a foolish choice” for people to deliberately violate public health regulations.
Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland, another 669 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed.
One more death has also been reported, bringing the number of people with Covid-19 who died there to 585.
Covid-19 cases have increased rapidly in Northern Ireland in recent weeks, with the total number of confirmed cases overall at 15,359.
Elsewhere, meat industry workers have so far shown a positivity rate of 0.41% for Covid-19, according to Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue.
McConalogue will appear before the Oireacthas Agriculture and Marine Committee tonight, and was scheduled to confirm that as of last Friday 24,824 samples were taken as part of the serial testing program targeting meat processing and production facilities. foods.
The first phase of the serial test system will be completed this week.
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