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The Department of Health has been notified of 254 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland and three more deaths.
Here are now 31,799 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1,788 virus-related deaths.
Of the cases reported today, 136 are in Dublin, 20 in Donegal, 13 in Louth, 12 in Wicklow, 9 in Waterford, seven in Carlow, seven in Cork, six in Galway, five in Kerry, five in Wexford and the remaining 28 . cases are found in Clare, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, and Westmeath.
Overall, 61% have been confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case and 24 cases have been identified as community transmission.
Nine people have been admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours. There are currently 73 confirmed cases in the hospital and 14 cases in the ICU.
Acting Medical Director Dr. Ronan Glynn said there are concerns in several counties outside of Dublin.
“The current situation has deteriorated both in Dublin and nationally over the past week,” he said.
“Along with Dublin, we have seen particularly worrying trends in Louth, Waterford and Donegal. It is now absolutely essential that people follow public health advice and act as if they or those close to them are potentially infectious.”
The breeding number is now between 1.3 and 1.7 for the country as a whole, said Professor Philip Nolan, chairman of NPHET’s Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group.
He said that the reproduction rate in Dublin is only similar to the national rate.
Dr Nolan said he is “more concerned” than since the end of April, adding: “The number of cases appears to be growing exponentially and is likely to double every 10 to 14 days if each of us does not act immediately to break the chains of virus transmission.
“If we don’t interrupt the transmission now, return the r number below 1, the model shows that we could have between 500 and 1000 cases per day by October 16, of which 50-60 percent would be in Dublin.”
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said there is a “strong possibility” that severe restrictions will be imposed in Dublin later this week.
The capital could move to level three of the government’s new framework to deal with Covid-19, Donohoe said.
All counties in Ireland are currently under a state risk level two.
The minister told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland: “Our public health and medical experts will provide guidance to the government on this issue which will then be considered by the government.”
“It will be consistent with the framework that we published and then we will make a recommendation and a decision on it to the people of Dublin.
“I think it’s fair to say that there is a very real chance that the guidance could change even more for Dublin, but the reason we have released this additional guidance for Dublin, in addition to the level two guidance, is to see what can be done. do to continue to keep those who live and work in Dublin as safe as possible. “
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