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Covid-19: Thirty cases in Donegal with 34 deaths, 473 cases nationally

written by Chris McNulty April 9, 2021
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THIRTY new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Donegal this evening.

Donegal’s is one of the highest figures per county with Dublin (229) and Kildare (32) seeing more today.

Nationally, a further 34 deaths relating to Covid-19 have been notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

Another 473 new cases have been reported this evening.

There have now been 4,769 Covid-19 related deaths and 240,192 infections.

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “Anyone exposed to COVID-19 over the Easter weekend will now be at their most infectious – please isolate and contact your GP to arrange a test if you have any symptoms of Covid-19.”

There have been 307 cases in Donegal over the last 14 days with the county’s 14-day incidence rate 192.8.

As of 8am today, 212 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. There have been 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Tuesday (6 April) there have been 961,887 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ireland: 679,844 people have received their first dose; 282,043 people have received their second dose.

Covid-19: Thirty cases in Donegal with 34 deaths, 473 cases nationally was last modified: April 12th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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