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The Health Protection Surveillance Center has been notified today of 1,012 new confirmed cases of Covid.
The increase has been described by Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director, as “very concerning.”
Up to 66 new cases are reported in Galway and an additional five, measured Thursday, reported relative to May, the county total now at 695.
There are three additional deaths, bringing the total to 1,824,
Of the cases reported today:
511 are men / 496 are women.
71% are under 45 years old.
the average age is 30 years.
241 in Dublin, 112 in Cork, 80 in Cavan, 72 in Meath, 66 in Galway and the remaining 441 cases are distributed in 21 other counties.
As of 2 pm today, 199 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, of which 31 are in the ICU.
Dr. Holohan said, “I am very concerned about the numbers we are seeing and how quickly they are deteriorating.
“Today’s 1,012 cases were reported to HPSC over a 24-hour period until midnight.
“The 14-day incidence rate has risen from 108 per 100,000 last Sunday to 150 per 100,000 today, an increase of 39%.
“All the important indicators of the disease are deteriorating. For example, there has been a steady increase in test positivity over the past week.
“The positivity rate of the test as of midnight on Friday, October 9, was 6.2%, which has more than doubled in less than fifteen days.
“The number of cases is increasing in all age groups and across the country.”
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Medical Director of the Department of Health, said: “In the last 24 hours, there have been 35 new admissions of laboratory confirmed cases to the hospital and 4 new admissions to the ICU.
“There are now 199 people in the hospital and 31 in the ICU. Every age group, location and household must act now, limit their contacts and stop the disease in its tracks.”
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