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The Health Department reported one more death and 429 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday.
There have been a total of 76,185 confirmed cases of the virus and 2,124 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Of the cases reported today, 198 are men and 230 are women, 66% are under 45 years of age, while the average age is 34 years.
122 were reported in Dublin, 46 in Donegal, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Laois, 20 in Cork and the remaining 189 cases are distributed in all other counties.
As of 2:00 p.m. today, 193 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 31 are in the ICU, with 13 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said he was “concerned about the increasing incidence of Covid-19.”
He said 429 was “a large number of cases by the standard of the last few weeks and the five-day moving average has now risen above 300 a day.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director: “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.” Photograph: Colin Keegan / Collins Dublin
“Our efforts at Level 5 in recent weeks reduced the incidence rate from 14 days to 78 per 100,000 population, placed us in a position to have the lowest incidence of disease in Europe and ultimately protected many people. and saved many lives.
“Take today’s numbers as a sign that now we all need to cut down on our social contacts, limit our interactions with those outside of our home, weigh the risks of what we are planning to socialize over the next two weeks, so that we can all have a Christmas as possible. “
The Northern Department of Health reported that there were 13 more deaths from Covid-19 during Saturday and Sunday, increasing the number of victims since the start of the pandemic in Northern Ireland to 1,124.
Nine deaths were recorded on Saturday and four on Sunday. 60 deaths were reported in the past seven days, two less than 62 in the previous week.
476 new coronavirus cases were reported on Saturday and 483 on Sunday, bringing the total cases to 58.216.
Hospital bed occupancy is 98% in Northern Ireland. There are 407 patients receiving Covid-19 treatment in Northern Ireland hospitals, 29 in intensive care and 24 on ventilators.
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