3 new COVID-19 deaths reported today, 591 additional cases reported

Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Center:

The Center for Health Protection Surveillance has been notified today of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There have been a total of 1,933 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Wednesday, November 4, the HPSC has been notified of 591 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There are now a total of 64,046 * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases reported today;

• 280 are men / 310 are women
• 59% are under 45 years old
• The average age is 38 years.
• 120 in Dublin, 75 in Donegal, 50 in Cork, 46 in Kerry, 44 in Limerick, and the remaining 256 cases are spread over 20 other counties.

As of 2:00 p.m. today, 302 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized, of which 38 are in the ICU. 20 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director of the Department of Health, said;

A second increase is taking place across Europe. Ireland and Finland are the only European countries in the EU where reductions in incidence of 14 days have been observed. All other countries are increasing.

Tier 5 efforts over the past two weeks have succeeded in further reducing community transmission and disease incidence in Ireland, however now is not the time to be complacent. We must keep reducing this disease, we must keep going.

The 19-24 year age group has achieved a drastic reduction in incidence, from 450 per 100,000 to 150 per 100,000 in two weeks. They have also cut their contacts in half in the last 5 weeks. We must all acknowledge the efforts of our youth and I thank them.

Professor Philip Nolan, Chairman of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, said;

We estimate the reproduction number at 0.7 – 0.9. This is a testament to our collective effort to stop the spread of the virus and it is very good news. We may be improving now, but it depends on whether we continue like this. If we continue to use this time to reduce the infection, we will be in a good position in four weeks.

Dr. Vida Hamilton, National Clinical Advisor and Group Leader, Acute Hospitals, HSE;

Although the demographic age of the cases varies from the first increase in March to this, ICU admissions have affected people of all age groups, with an average length of stay of 17.8 days. People of all ages are potentially vulnerable to the most extreme symptoms of this disease. “

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* Data validation at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 28 confirmed cases. The figure of 64,046 confirmed cases reflects this.

Current cases, incidence rate of 14 days per 100,000 population and new cases in the last 14 days (at midnight of November 4, 2020) (incidence rate based on 2016 census county population)

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