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There have been three more deaths of people with Covid-19 and 248 new cases of the virus confirmed today by the Department of Health.
This brings the number of people who have died with Covid-19 to 2,123, while the total count of cases of the virus is 75,756.
The Government received last night the plan for the national launch of Covid-19 vaccines that has been established by a high-level working group.
Of the cases reported today, 124 are men and 122 are women.
The median age is 33, while 67 percent are under 45.
Of the current cases, 99 are in Dublin, 21 in Louth, 16 in Limerick, 15 in Meath, 13 in Cavan, and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2:00 p.m. today, 185 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 31 are in the ICU. 10 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Medical Director of the Department of Health, said: “Ireland currently has the lowest incidence in Europe and has protected against the significant mortality and serious illness that many European countries as well as the United States have experienced.
“Our younger generation led the way, with the incidence in the 19-24 age group reduced from 432 per 100,000 population to 41 per 100,000 population. This is a huge achievement.
“We must all recognize how well our younger generation has reduced its contacts and helped protect the entire population. Now we must all follow this example in the coming weeks.
“We can do this by planning for Christmas from now on to reduce our social contacts and limit our activities to those that are essential and most important to us.”
The cabinet will discuss the plan, which considers the distribution of the vaccine, as well as ensuring the doses that Ireland has been guaranteed under agreements negotiated with pharmaceutical companies by the EU.
Professor Brian MacCraith leads the working group dealing with the logistics of how various vaccines should be delivered, stored and administered to people.
Elsewhere, there have been nine more deaths today and 476 new cases confirmed by the Northern Ireland Department of Health.
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