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Another 591 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Ireland today.
Sadly, three more people have died from Covid-19.
Of the cases reported today;
- 280 are men / 310 are women
- 59% are under 45 years old
- The average age is 38 years.
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120 are 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.
Today’s total number, 591, has dropped from 866 on Thursday, October 29.
Dublin’s incidence rate is slowing down, but not at the rate of other counties, it was said at today’s Health Department briefing.
There were 242 cases reported in the capital seven days ago and that was cut in half to 120 today.
Below is today’s incidence rate table with cases for each county.
Also noteworthy are today’s cases in Cork – 50 – down from 166 this time last Thursday.
Incidence rates are generally low across the board, but Donegal has declined only slightly since last week due to today’s 75 cases and now stands at just over 300 per 100,000 people.
The general rate has dropped from 292.1 last Thursday to 202.1 today.
Professor Philip Nolan, Chairman of NPHET’s Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, said: “We estimate the breeding 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 better off 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 within four weeks.”
Dr Tony Holohan, Health Department Medical Director, 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 continue to reduce this disease, we must continue.
“The age group 19-24 years has achieved a dramatic 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.”
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