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Ireland has the lowest joint death rate from Covid-19 in Europe today, according to new data.
Along with seven other countries, Ireland has a 14-day cumulative death rate of zero per 100,000 inhabitants, the latest update from the European Center for Disease Control shows.
The other countries with a death rate of zero are Austria, Norway, Finland, Luxembourg, Iceland, Cyprus, and Liechtenstein.
There have been no deaths from Covid-19 in Ireland since mid-August, largely thanks to the near elimination of the disease during the summer.
However, with transmission rates increasing again, the incidence of the disease has risen again, to 34.7 cases per 100,000 population, according to the ECDC. Ireland has the 11th highest incidence in Europe.
Currently, there are more people infected with Covid-19 in the health system than in trips abroad, new figures show.
Some 120 people, 51 patients and 69 employees acquired the virus in a healthcare setting over the past fortnight, the latest report from the Center for Health Protection Surveillance shows.
This compares with 118 travel-related cases reported to HPSC during the period, a figure that includes people who acquired the disease abroad and those who acquired it from them.
A total of 1,717 cases were identified during the 14-day period, of which the largest category was 872 people who were close contacts of confirmed cases. Some 387 cases involve community transmission, meaning the source of the infection is unknown, while 220 cases remain under investigation.
In Dublin, the incidence of the disease in 14 days has increased to 60.2 per 100,000 inhabitants (811 cases). Kildare and Limerick have higher incidences (66.5 and 61.6), but the incidence in Dublin West is even higher, 74.
Only five countries in Europe have an incidence greater than this.
While new cases were recorded in all Irish counties, Sligo had fewer than five, giving a low nationwide incidence of 3.1. The national incidence is 36.06.
During the fortnight, 59 patients were hospitalized and three required admission to the ICU. There were 191 cases among health workers.
The latest epidemiological report from the HPSC shows that 73 cases occurred among people 65 to 74 years old, 54 among people 75 to 84 years old, and 29 among people 85 and older.
No deaths were recorded during the period.
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