CMO expresses concern over confirmation of one death and 429 Covid-19 cases

There has been one additional death related to Covid-19, the Health Protection Surveillance Center (HPSC) said.

This brings the death toll in Ireland to 2,124.

The HPSC has been notified of 429 confirmed cases of the virus. Currently there are a total of 76,185 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic.

There are 193 Covid-19 patients in the hospital at 2pm Sunday afternoon, of whom 31 are in the ICU.

There have been 13 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan has expressed concern about the increasing incidence of the virus.

The national incidence rate of 14 days per 100,000 has increased from 81.5 to 84.3.

“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 recent weeks and the five-day moving average has now risen above 300 per day.

“Our efforts at Level 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 figures as a sign that now we must all reduce our social contacts, limit our interactions with those outside our homes, weigh the risks of the socialization that we are planning for the next two weeks, so that we can all have a Christmas as possible. “

Of the 429 cases reported today, the majority are located in Dublin and the capital accounts for 122 cases.

It is followed by Donegal with 46 cases, Limerick with 30, Laois with 22 and Cork with 20.

The remaining 189 cases are spread across all other counties.

Donegal has the highest incidence rate of 14 days per 100,000 with a rate of 219.9.

Kilkenny’s 14-day incidence rate is close to reaching 200, currently standing at 198.5.

Eight other counties have an incidence rate of 14 days per 100,000 out of 100: Kilkenny (198.5), Louth (174.6), Carlow (159.8), Longford (144.3), Monaghan (136, 8), Limerick (133.9), Cavan (109), Mayo (107.3) and Wicklow (103.9).

Meanwhile, in the north, there have been four more deaths related to Covid-19.

According to the NI Health Department, an additional 483 new cases of the virus have also been confirmed in the north.

There have now been a total of 1,124 confirmed Covid-19 related deaths in NI since the outbreak began.

The total number of positive cases in the north now stands at 58,216.