Thirty-four more cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Donegal, the Department of Health confirmed this evening.
Donegal has recorded the second highest rise in cases in the country today after Dublin, which has 124 new cases.
One more person in Ireland has died due to Covid-19, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre reports.
There are 378 new cases of the virus nationwide.
Of the cases notified today:
- 186 are men and 190 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 38 years old
- 124 in Dublin, 34 in Donegal, 23 in Louth, 19 in Cork, 19 in Limerick and the remaining 159 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 249 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 5 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Twenty-eight people are hospitalised with Covid-19 in Letterkenny University Hospital, according to the latest report from 8pm Saturday night. There were three new admissions yesterday. One patient with Covid-19 has been recorded as critical and is in intensive care.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The average daily 5 day case count is rising and is now over 400 per day. This is a worrying development which has persisted for the last few days. We are seeing a number of things which concern us. There are examples of small numbers of people congregating for social purposes and simply ignoring the important public health messages. They are putting our collective progress at risk.
“We are also seeing number of outbreaks across the country. These include outbreaks in association with funerals. We understand that this is a difficult time for families but it is really important that we do everything we can to avoid the circumstances which promote transmission of the virus.
“There have also been outbreaks associated with workplace settings. As we head into a new working week, we need stay at home other than for essential reasons and for personal exercise within 5km. Anyone who can work from home, should work from home.”
