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The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) reported 255 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday.
There has been one more death, NPHET said in its daily statement on the virus.
The Republic has seen a total of 30,985 cases of the virus reported so far and 1,784 deaths, including today’s figures.
From today’s cases:
- 129 are men and 123 are women
- 68% are under 45 years old
- 34 percent are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
- 69 cases have been identified as community transmission
- Today’s cases include 156 in Dublin, 22 in Waterford, 13 in Donegal, 11 in Wicklow, 9 in Limerick, 8 in Kildare, 5 in Clare and the remaining 31 cases are in Carlow, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Longford , Louth. , Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wexford.
On Saturday, a further 159 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths were reported, meaning a total of 414 new Covid-19 cases and three more deaths have been recorded this weekend.
The figures prompted Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Medical Director of the Department of Health to warn that with 47% of the cases in the city and county of Dublin, the capital faced a “critical moment in addressing the spread of the disease. in the community. “
On Sunday, Gardaí said they were stepping up high-visibility patrols in Dublin due to the surge in cases and Taoiseach Micheál Martin said a new plan to be announced on Tuesday will see restrictions placed on people in their homes in Ireland for months, while the country tries to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, another 87 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the North, the Northern Ireland Department of Health reported on Sunday.
104 more cases were reported on Saturday. In total, 8,314 coronavirus cases have been identified in the North since the pandemic began.
Northern Ireland does not update its statistics on coronavirus-related deaths on weekends. According to the department’s latest figures released on Friday, 568 people have so far died of the virus in Northern Ireland.
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