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As Ireland continues to fight the spread of Covid-19, it was announced Thursday that 426 other cases were confirmed.
Meanwhile, 10 other Covid-19-related deaths were reported.
The number can be quite surprising given that the figures from the previous days were substantially lower.
Here is why we saw a jump in the number of cases.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan explained that not all cases reported Thursday were recent cases.
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Dr. Holohan added that the figure of 426 is the result of a large number of accumulated hospital cases that were finally reported today.
According to Dr. Philip Nolan, President of the NPHET, less than 200 of the 426 reported on Thursday are recent cases.
Dr. Holohan added that several of the cases are associated with a specific outbreak in the south of the country.
He said the number we see “is still in line with what we would have anticipated based on the reproductive number and patterns we have seen in recent days.”
He added: “So, a lot of cases over an extended period of time that are not recent cases that add, so to speak, artificially to the 426 amount.”
Dr. Holohan also said that work will be done to ensure there are no other hospitals that have not reported cases after the jump in Thursday’s figures.
Meanwhile, Professor Philip Nolan, Chairman of NPHET’s Irish Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, was optimistic about Ireland’s progress in fighting the virus.
He said Thursday: “All indicators of the spread of COVID-19 are declining, including the average number of cases per day, the number of people in the hospital and ICU, admissions to the ICU, and the number of deaths reported by day.
“This is reinforced by our estimated number of reproduction which is currently stable between 0.4 and 0.6. We will be monitoring this number and the total number of infections in the population very closely in the coming weeks. ”
The NPHET met on Thursday and is expected to make a recommendation on whether or not to lift the restrictions on May 18, which is Ireland’s first step on the reopening roadmap.
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