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Another 217 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ireland.
That brings the total number of coronavirus cases to 29,025 since the pandemic began earlier this year.
The number of people who have sadly lost their lives due to a disease related to COVID-19 is 1,777.
Of those cases announced today:
- 103 are men / 113 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- 51% confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 19 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 103 in Dublin, 25 in Kildare, 17 in Limerick, 17 in Tipperary, 7 in Waterford, 7 in Wicklow, 6 in Clare, 5 in Louth and the remaining 30 are in Carlow, Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kilkenny, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath and Wexford
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Medical Director for the Department of Health, said: “While the number of cases today is the highest daily figure reported since May, the five-day moving average remains relatively stable at 115 cases per day. However, this is still a considerable number of cases and I urge everyone to redouble their efforts now: wash your hands regularly, physically withdraw from others, wear face covers when appropriate, avoid crowded areas, know the symptoms, isolate yourself and communicate with your GP. if you have any concerns.
“Keep reducing your social contacts so the virus doesn’t have a chance to spread further.”
The news comes when a Dublin school sent students home after a case was confirmed within the community.
Holy Family National School in Rathcoole told Dublin Live that the school had contracted its first case of COVID-19 since it reopened last week.
The school did not confirm whether the infected case was a student or a staff member, but said the class in question had been sent home after the news.
It is understood that the person contracted the virus outside of school and that the class had just been sent home as a precaution.
Dr Ronan Glynn has issued a warning for Dublin following a “substantial” increase in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks.
The capital along with Carlow, Limerick and Wexford in the last fortnight have had a high number of infections compared to the rest of the country.
And the acting medical director cautioned that people in these counties must be “especially careful.”
However, he insisted that the number of infections in these areas does not necessarily mean that there will be a local blockage.
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