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Another 334 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported tonight.
No further deaths were announced.
The total number of cases is now 33,444, while the death toll stands at 1,792.
Validation of the data in the Health Protection Surveillance Center has resulted in the denotification of 12 confirmed cases.
The adjusted figure of 33,444 confirmed cases reflects this.
Of the cases reported today;
158 are men / 175 are women
72% are under 45 years old
53% have been confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
55 cases have been identified as community transmission
174 cases are in Dublin, 34 in Cork, 30 in Kildare, 18 in Donegal, 10 in Galway, 10 in Louth, six in Clare, six in May, six in Meath, six in Roscommon, six in Waterford, five in Limerick , with the remaining 23 spread over 11 counties.
The latest figures come as GPs in three counties revealed that there has been an “increase” in calls and tests related to the coronavirus.
Doctors in Donegal, Waterford and Louth revealed that they have been inundated with inquiries about Covid-19.
On Sunday, Dr. Ronan Glynn singled out all three counties as areas of particular concern given the surge in cases.
The acting medical director gave a special warning to people living in these three counties, as the number of cases continues to “increase rapidly.”
Dr Denis McCauley from Stranorlar in Donegal told RTE Radio One: “It has been very, very difficult for our doctors, receptionists and nurses.
“Today, yesterday and even the last days of last week has essentially been Covid’s work, and I have to apologize to patients seeking non-Covid services, as we have not been able to provide that for the last three days of the last week and this week. “
While Dr. Amy Morgan of Drogheda, Co Louth agreed that there had been a noticeable increase in the number of Covid calls in recent weeks.
She said, “We are definitely [seeing an increase in calls]Certainly in the last two weeks and in conjunction with the back to school we had a lot of calls.
“Obviously these have to filter through our front desk staff and filter through us and then schedule an appointment.
“Then we had to take some time to make a decision about who qualifies for testing and who needs general counseling. So even if someone doesn’t qualify for testing, it still takes time to counsel them.
“It’s certainly been very different compared to this time last year, when we were coming back from a summer period and regrouping.
“We have received calls from parents with children returning to school who had heard by word of mouth that there had been a positive case at school and they were concerned and not sure what to do.
And Waterford GP Niall McNamara was another to confirm the troubling “spike,” saying he had received 120 Covid-related calls last Monday.
But there were some signs of hope, as he said the number of referrals has dropped in recent days.
He added: “We’ve been very busy the last few weeks and it was particularly noticeable this past Monday. We tracked most days to see what the level of Covid-related call activity is, and we had a very significant spike last Monday. .
“Now it started to fade a little bit as the week went on, and the first signs yesterday that we were below 60% of that, where we had about 70 Covid-related calls. So I hope we’re starting to see a decline. .
“It will only last a couple of days, but there seems to have been a decrease in both the number of calls and the number of people we would have referred for testing. So hopefully that translates into early next week. the number of cases we are going to see. “
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