Three deaths and 591 new confirmed cases in Ireland

HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed that three other people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland.

It means that the number of people in this country with coronavirus who have sadly died now is 1,933.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has also said another 591 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed. There are currently a total of 64,046 confirmed cases in Ireland.

Of the 19 Covid 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.

The department said there are currently 302 people in the hospital and 38 of them are in the ICU. There have been 20 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Holohan said the Level 5 restrictions “have been successful in reducing community transmission of the disease.”

He said: “There is a second increase 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 age groups of 19 to 24 years have achieved a spectacular reduction in incidence, from 450 per 100,000 to 150 per 100,000 in 2 weeks. They have also cut their contacts in half in the last 5 weeks. We must all recognize the efforts of our young people and I thank them ”.