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There have been one more death and 429 new cases of the virus confirmed by the Health Department tonight.
Here there have been a total of 2,124 COVID-19 related deaths and 76,185 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ireland.
Of the cases reported today, 198 are men and 230 are women.
A total of 66 percent are under 45 years old, while the median age is 34 years.
Of today’s cases, 122 are in Dublin, 46 in Donegal, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Laois, 20 in Cork, and the remaining 189 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2:00 p.m. today, 193 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalized, of which 31 are in the ICU. 13 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said: “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 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. “
Elsewhere, there were four more deaths and 483 new cases of Covid-19 announced by the Northern Ireland Department of Health.
It brings to 58,126 the total number of cases that have been diagnosed in Northern Ireland. So far 1,124 people have died, according to department figures.
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