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HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed 617 more cases of Covid-19 in Ireland tonight.
There have also been five more deaths associated with the disease.
This brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,821 deaths in Ireland to 40,703.
Of the cases reported today
- 310 are men / 307 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- 33% confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 72 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 123 in Dublin, 107 in Cork, 42 in Meath, 36 in Kerry, 35 in Galway, and the remaining 274 cases are in 21 counties.
Dr. Tony Holohan, medical director of the Department of Health, said; “The profile of the disease continues to deteriorate. There have been 32 additional hospitalizations and 8 ICU admissions in the past 24 hours. We continue to see a large number of daily cases.
“It is vital that we stop transmission of the virus now,” he added.
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“NPHET continues to monitor the situation, however, early individual action is necessary to suppress the virus. Follow public health advice and do your part to make an impact on the disease. “
Earlier today, it emerged that Northern Ireland had 1,080 new cases of the disease, a record for the region. A total of 4,674 cases have been recorded in the north this week.
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