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There were 442 new cases and four new deaths related to Covid-19 reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) on Thursday after it recommended tightening restrictions for visitors to private homes across the country.
The state’s public health team recommended that a maximum of six people from the same household be allowed to visit another household in all parts of the state. He said people can continue to meet socially in other settings, but only with people from another household.
The team also did not recommend additional restrictions in counties with higher Covid-19 levels, saying that other counties will remain at Level 2 for three weeks, and Donegal and Dublin will remain at Level 3. A cabinet meeting was not necessary to pass. The adjustment in Visitor restrictions, as such changes, are already planned as part of the Government roadmap.
There have now been a total of 1,806 Covid-19 related deaths and 36,597 confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland.
The 442 new cases reported Thursday is the highest daily number of cases since April 26.
Dublin has once again the highest number of cases with 170 with 47 in Cork, 28 in Donegal, 23 in Meath, 21 in Galway, 20 in Monaghan, 14 in Clare, 12 in Roscommon, 11 in Laois and Longford, 10 in each one in Cavan, Limerick and Tipperary, nine in Kildare, eight in Wicklow, five each in Louth and Wexford with the remaining 28 cases spread across nine counties.
Of Thursday’s cases, 54 percent came from outbreaks or close contacts of confirmed cases, while 69 have been identified as examples of community transmission.
About 225 of the cases are in men, 217 in women and 67 percent of Thursday’s cases are under 45.
Further deterioration
At its meeting, NPHET noted further deterioration from last week with the five-day average for cases now being 412 and 18 counties have a higher incidence rate compared to last week
Breeding numbers are estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.4, with a growth rate in cases between 4 and 5 percent per day, he said.
NPHET noted a particular concern regarding trends in indicators of “severity of illness” with 119 people in the hospital and 20 in critical care. She noted that there were 32 deaths in September.
“While there are still several counties with a particularly high incidence, NPHET’s primary concern now is the big national picture,” he said.
The latest 14-day incidence rates of Covid-19 in Lifford-Stranorlar Co Donegal is 602.5 per 100,000, more than seven times the national average of 88.2.
The second highest area in the country is Celbridge, Co Kildare with 305.3 per 100,000 followed by Kimmage-Rathmines with 282.8.
Ballymun-Finglas ranks fourth highest with 270.9 cases per 100,000, followed by Monaghan City (202.7), Dublin Clondalkin (199.9), Letterkenny (198), Boyle, Co Roscommon (197), Bray West in Wicklow (190.2) and South Dublin. West of the inner city (188.9). They constitute the 10 most affected areas.
Nine of the next 10 local polling areas are in Dublin, with the exception of Leixlip in Co Kildare, which is on the Dublin-Kildare border and has a rate of 163.9 per 100,000.
The hardest hit part of Co Cork is the southwestern part of Cork City, which has a rate of 146.7 per 100,000 and is ranked 24th.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly previously said that the public health team is using a combination of different metrics to make its recommendations, not just case numbers.
“They look at the case numbers but they look at so much more than the case numbers.
“There will be conversations that I have with public health doctors where they might say ‘well, we’re more concerned about this county and this county than the ones with the higher 14-day rates. Because, because the rate of increase could be increasing, hospitalizations in that area could be increasing, or it is a more vulnerable cohort in that area that concerns them.
“Our public health physicians are already looking at many different metrics.”
Donnelly said that cases continue to rise across the country, but are increasing at a slower rate than in other European countries.
World Health Organization
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 envoy of the World Health Organization, Dr. David Nabarro, has said that he would not like to see more blockages across the country. People should “move on” with their lives, but they should not take the virus lightly.
One in 20 people who contract the virus has a persistent illness and a slow recovery, he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.
Dr. Nabarro also said he was concerned that some people did not believe the disease existed, that it was a hoax. The anxiety about the virus was understandable, there was “much to fear,” he added.
The WHO didn’t have an agenda, it just wanted everyone to be as healthy as possible.
Dr. Nabarro explained that the recent increase in cases is due to people moving. It was important to create as many barriers as possible for the virus. The reason there have been fewer deaths recently was because those most at risk were being very careful, as were those who cared for them. “They are taking more precautions.”
However, Dr. Nabarro said he was concerned that in some parts of the world the number of hospitalized people was increasing. The levels of illness and death were increasing.
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