One death and 429 new confirmed cases in Ireland

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH has reported another 429 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 registered today.

In addition, one more person with Covid-19 has died, according to a statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET).

The death toll from Covid-19 now stands at 2,124, with a total of 76,185 confirmed cases of the virus since the pandemic began.

The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population now stands at 84.3 across Ireland.

Of the cases reported today;

• 198 are men / 230 are women
• 66% are under 45 years old
• The average age is 34 years.

Today 122 cases were reported in Dublin, 46 in Donegal, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Laois, 20 in Cork and the remaining 189 cases spread over all other counties.

At 2pm this afternoon, there are 193 patients in the hospital with Covid-19, 31 of whom are being treated in the ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Medical director Dr. Tony Holohan says he is concerned that the incidence of the virus is starting to rise again.

“Today, I am concerned that we are seeing the incidence of COVID-19 increasing again. 429 is a large number of cases by the standard of the last few weeks and the five-day moving average has risen above 300 per day, ”Dr. Holohan said.

Our efforts at Tier 5 in recent weeks reduced the incidence rate from 14 days to 78 per 100,000 population, placed us in a position to have the lowest incidence of disease in Europe, and ultimately protected many people and saved many lives.

“Take today’s numbers as a sign that now we all need to cut down on our social contacts, limit our interactions with those outside of our home, weigh the risks of what we are planning to socialize over the next two weeks, so that we can all have a Christmas as possible. “