The Department of Health has been notified of 53 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland, and no further deaths.
The Department of Health has been notified of 53 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland, and no further deaths. There is now a total of 28,811 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, and 1,777 coronavirus related deaths. Out of the cases reported today,25 are in Dublin,11 in Limerick and the remaining 17 cases are located in Kildare, Longford, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Roscommon, Tipperary, Westmeath. Fourteen cases have been identified as community transmission and 27 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case. Over the past 14 days,15,11 cases have been notified, giving a 14 day incidence of 32 cases per hundred thousand population. Of these, the median age is 31 with 72pc of cases occurring and people under the age of 45 years. A total of 122 cases were in healthcare workers,624 cases are in Dublin,209 in Kildare and a further 132 in Tipperary,98 in Limerick and 47 in Wexford. The remaining 411 cases were spread across 20 counties.
