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Today another 591 Covid-19 cases have been reported to the Department of Health, bringing the total number of cases here to 64,046.
Three additional coronavirus-related deaths were also reported. There have been a total of 1,933 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
The number of people in intensive care units is 38, three less than yesterday from yesterday.
At 2 pm there were 302 people in the hospital with Covid-19. There have been 20 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
The 14-day incidence rate is estimated to be 202 per 100,000 population. That’s less than 212 per 100,000 yesterday.
In November there have been 10 deaths from Covid.
Of the cases reported today; 280 are men, 310 are women and 59% are under 45 years of age.
The average age of these cases is 38 years.
Dublin accounts for 120 of the cases, 75 in Donegal, 50 in Cork, 46 in Kerry and 44 in Limerick.
The remaining 256 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said a drastic reduction in the incidence rate had been achieved in the 19-24 age group.
The rate has dropped from 450 per 100,000 to 150 per 100,000 in two weeks.
“They have also cut their contacts in half in the last 5 weeks. We must all acknowledge the efforts of our young people and I thank them,” he said.
NPHET Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group Chairman Professor Philip Nolan said they estimate that the breeding number is now between 0.7 and 0.9.
“This is a testament to our collective effort to stop the spread of the virus and it is very good news. We may be improving now, but it depends on whether we maintain it. If we continue to use this time to push the infection right away, we will be in a good position in four weeks, “he said.
He said the average daily incidence of Covid-19 has halved in the past two weeks.
The average daily incidence of Covid-19 has halved in the past two weeks, said Professor Philip Nolan.
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He said that while recent improvements in the Covid-19 numbers are bringing us back to where we were in early October, there is still “a long way to go” to get to the levels we were at during the summer.
National Clinical Advisor and Group Leader, Acute Hospitals, Dr. Vida Hamilton said: “While the demographic age of cases varies from the first increase in March to this, ICU admissions have affected people of all age groups, with an average length of stay at 17.8 days “.
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