Covid-19 Ireland latest: Three deaths and 811 new cases confirmed by Department of Health
The latest coronavirus figures for Ireland have been released
Frances WatkinsReporter
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Another 811 people in Ireland have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
44,159 people in Ireland have been confirmed to have had the virus since the start of the outbreak.
Sadly a further three people have passed away after contracting Covid-19.
There has been a total of 1,830 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
415 are men / 396 are women
70% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 30 years old
90 in Dublin, 141 in Cork, 62 in Wexford, 51 in Kerry, 50 in Clare and the remaining 317 cases are spread across all remaining counties.
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As of 2pm today 234 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 32 are in ICU. 22 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
There have been 1,042 new cases of the virus in Cork in the last 14 days with an incidence rate of 199.1 per 100,000 population.
Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan have the three highest incidence rates per 100,000 population over the last 14 days.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; "We have widespread community transmission in the country.
"The spread of COVID-19 is a whole population issue, which is why we're appealing to every single individual, every single family, household, organisation, workplace, to act on public health advice. You are the frontline defence against this disease."
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; "If we see community transmission patterns continuing to grow, we're going to see more vulnerable groups being infected and the result of that, unfortunately will be further hospitalisations and deaths. Limiting your contacts, avoiding crowds and following basic public health measures will ultimately save lives."