One more death and 306 new cases

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The Health Department has been notified of one more coronavirus-related death and 306 new cases of the disease.

A total of 2,053 people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland with 72,544 cases of the disease. This includes the denotation of three previously confirmed cases.

The number of people in the ICU has risen once from yesterday to 31. There are 244 Covid-19 patients in Irish hospitals with three additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

Of the cases reported today, 156 are men, 148 women and 67% are under 45 years of age.

There were 108 cases in Dublin, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Galway, 17 in Donegal, 15 in Wicklow, 14 in Cork and the remaining 100 cases were distributed in another 18 counties.

The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 is 89.2. The counties with the highest rates include Donegal (233.6), Louth (179.2), and Limerick (142.6).

The counties with the lowest rates are Leitrim (12.5), Wexford (24.7) and Westmeath (40.6).

There are 61 outbreaks spread over 25 hospitals with 910 cases related to these outbreaks.

Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said the current rate of positive test results is 2.8%. The R (reproductive) rate is between 0.7 and 1.

He told a press conference by the National Public Health Emergency Team that the death toll in November is 119 compared to 119 in October and 37 in September.

Dr. Holohan cautioned that office Christmas parties “shouldn’t happen.” If there is an increase in socialization and “we do not do everything possible to reduce our number of contacts”, the number of cases will increase.

He said that alcohol has been “a very significant common factor in many types of social experiences in which transmission has occurred.”

When asked about holiday shopping and increasing the capacity in public transport to 50%, the CMO said that no one is “forced” to enter a crowded store or get on a crowded bus.

Retail environments in general have shown a “significant commitment” to providing secure arrangements for their staff and customers, he said, often on their own initiative.

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn said any indoor environment where people gather in large numbers “can lead to what has been called a super spreader event.”

A “key determinant” of whether or not we can keep up with infection numbers in the coming weeks “is the extent to which people bond,” he said.

Dr. Glynn added that it is not “inevitable” that there will be a higher level of socialization in the coming weeks.

Compared to the European average, there has been a significant reduction in infections in Ireland from the beginning of October until now.

Dr. Holohan said that the European average mortality in recent weeks is roughly equivalent to 40 deaths per day in this country, while our actual number is roughly six per day.

The latest Amárach research shows that around 80% of people stay home, demonstrating a high degree of compliance with public health measures, Dr. Holohan said at the briefing.

He said 61% of people believe the current restrictions are appropriate and 13% consider them too extreme. Almost one in four (23%) think they are not enough.

Dr. Holohan said that we have succeeded in protecting hospital services and other services such as education and childcare as a result of the public’s “high level of adherence” to the restrictions.

The CMO said it is up to everyone, individually, to accept responsibility for their own compliance with the guidelines in the coming weeks, as restrictions are eased.

“Each of us can influence our own individual risk,” Dr. Holohan said, adding that hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette remain important, as do people with symptoms who are kept out of work or home. school, they contact their GP and avoid others.

Dr. Siobhán Ní Bhriain, HSE Director of Integrated Care, Dr. Tony Holohan, Medical Director, and Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Medical Director at the Department of Health, tonight

Another 10 people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, bringing the death toll there to 996. 290 new cases were reported, and the cumulative number of infections is now 52,465.

Earlier today, Professor Philip Nolan said that Covid-19 would be charging “around 40 deaths a day” if Ireland had not taken “early intervention” to prevent us from following the European trajectory.

He said we suppressed the virus while it spread primarily among the young, before it overwhelmed the older generation. “We arrived just in time.”

In a post on Twitter, he said that “the October decision to adopt very strict public health measures, and our collective response, stopped a wave of infections and saved lives.”

The chairman of the NPHET epidemiological modeling advisory group added: “If we compare our incidence and mortality with the average in the EU 27 and the UK, we see the difference.

“If Ireland had followed the average European trajectory, we would have peaked at 2,600 cases per day, and now we would be seeing around 40 deaths per day. We collectively avoid this, at a very significant cost; let’s work from here to maintain a low level of infection “.

Professor Nolan also cautioned against thinking that the second wave of Covid-19 was less deadly than the first. “The second wave was not ‘less deadly.’ Fewer deaths, yes, but that’s not the same as less deadly.

“We suppressed the virus while it was spreading largely among the young and healthy, before it overwhelmed the elderly and vulnerable. We were just in time.”

In the meantime, an updated guide on nursing home visits goes into effect on December 7. One visit of one person per week will be allowed on levels 3 and 4.

At Level 5, a one-person visit is allowed every two weeks. There is no requirement that visits facilitated for compassionate reasons always be conducted by the same person

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