Five more people have died of Covid-19-related illness and 617 new cases of the virus have been detected in Ireland, health officials confirmed this evening.
The number of new cases detected in Donegal has not been reported by the Department of Health today. The department has only reported details from the five counties with the highest new figures from Thursday.
The Donegal county figure will be confirmed tomorrow, and is expected to be below 35.
Fifty three new cases were detected in Donegal on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the outbreak began to 1,299.
Of the cases notified across Ireland today:
- 310 are men / 307 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- 33% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 72 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 123 in Dublin, 107 in Cork, 42 in Meath, 36 in Kerry, 35 in Galway and the remaining 274 cases are located across 21 counties
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “The profile of the disease continues to deteriorate. There have been an additional 32 hospitalisations and 8 ICU admissions in the past 24 hours. We are continuing to see a high number of daily cases.
“It is vital that we interrupt the transmission of the virus now.
“NPHET continues to monitor the situation however it is early, individual action that is needed to suppress the virus. Please follow public health advice and do your part to make an impact on the disease.”