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– Additional Digital Desk reports
A new minimum of 107 cases of Covid-19 has raised the number of people with Covid-19 to 23,242.
It was also announced tonight that 24 other people have died from the virus.
However, the 107 new cases are a further drop from the 139 cases announced yesterday and will give health officials more optimism that the roadmap to exit the blockade can still be followed.
The data, from last Sunday, comes when the National Public Health Emergency Team met today and considered the numbers and numbers of virus cases before a further planned reduction of restrictions for next week.
Medical director Tony Holohan confirmed the figures bringing the total number of infections to 23,242, including 1,488 deaths.
He also established figures around the groups and revealed that there was an increase in direct supply centers, among travelers and also among meat factory workers.
Previously in the north, the health department there reported nine other deaths from patients who tested positive for Covid-19.
Increases the total of related deaths in the north to 447 and increases the number of Covid-19 deaths on the island of Ireland to 1,935.
As of midnight Monday, the Health Protection Surveillance Center said 258,808 tests had been performed with 44,047 performed last week. Of these, 3.3% or 1,466 were positive.
Lots of discussion about virus testing tonight. Only 50k to 60k per week now, a far cry from the HSE target of 100k per week for the third week of May.
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– Juno McEnroe (@Junomaco) May 12, 2020
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said: “We continue to review the progress of the disease, and while we are still progressing, which gives us real encouragement, we must move on.
“We still have 70 people in the ICU and more than 500 people in the hospital. We have more work to do.”
Rachel Kenna, Deputy Director of Nursing, Department of Health, said: “Today is International Nurse Day and 2020 is also the International Year of Nurse and Midwife.
We did not expect to celebrate this year amid a global pandemic, however, our nurses and midwives have accepted the challenge and continue to be a vital resource to our health service.
“Our nurses and midwives work daily in high-risk situations, provide care in PPE, make personal sacrifices, and continue to provide compassionate care in a stressful environment.
“Public actions over the past few weeks have meant that nurses and midwives can continue to provide care to those who need it. Keep supporting them during this time, stay strong and stay safe. “
- As of midnight on Sunday, May 10, when there were 23,089 cases:
- 57% are women and 42% are men
- The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years.
- 3,031 cases (13%) have been hospitalized
- Of the hospitalized, 386 cases have been admitted to the ICU
- 6,906 cases are associated with health workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases with 11,235 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,337 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,234 cases (5%)
- Of those for whom the transmission status is known: community transmission represents 61%, close contact accounts 36%, travel abroad represents 3%
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