News updates for Sunday 10th January 2021.
Latest figures:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,344 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Saturday 9th January, the HPSC has been notified of 6,888 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 147,613* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
3,252 are men / 3,595 are women
60% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 38 years old
2,088 in Dublin, 862 in Cork, 469 in Limerick, 405 in Wexford, 320 in Waterford and the remaining 2,744 cases are spread across all other counties.
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County |
Today's cases (to midnight 09Jan2021) |
14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (27Dec2020 to 09Jan2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days (27Dec2020 to 09Jan2021) |
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Ireland |
6,888 |
1291.2 |
61,484 |
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Monaghan |
140 |
2525.0 |
1,550 |
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Louth |
263 |
2201.2 |
2,837 |
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Limerick |
469 |
1878.4 |
3,661 |
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Waterford |
320 |
1644.9 |
1,911 |
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Cavan |
89 |
1483.4 |
1,130 |
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Dublin |
2,088 |
1477.4 |
19,906 |
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Wexford |
405 |
1436.0 |
2,150 |
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Donegal |
196 |
1409.0 |
2,243 |
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Clare |
208 |
1357.5 |
1,613 |
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Cork |
862 |
1340.7 |
7,278 |
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Carlow |
107 |
1299.8 |
740 |
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Mayo |
95 |
1168.5 |
1,525 |
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Kilkenny |
163 |
1160.9 |
1,152 |
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Meath |
216 |
1138.7 |
2,221 |
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Sligo |
43 |
1132.2 |
742 |
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Kerry |
192 |
1065.6 |
1,574 |
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Kildare |
238 |
971.2 |
2,161 |
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Longford |
43 |
902.8 |
369 |
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Offaly |
62 |
894.0 |
697 |
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Laois |
105 |
843.0 |
714 |
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Tipperary |
239 |
775.3 |
1,237 |
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Galway |
140 |
735.5 |
1,898 |
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Roscommon |
16 |
725.1 |
468 |
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Leitrim |
20 |
705.3 |
226 |
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Westmeath |
54 |
690.5 |
613 |
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Wicklow |
115 |
609.4 |
868 |
Cases:
A Professor of epidemiology says the drop in covid 19 cases gives hope but it's too early to say if the numbers have flattened out.
There are 4,842 new cases after Friday's record high of 8,248 infections.
However, the country's 14 day incidence rate of coronavirus has risen to 1,162.2 per 100 thousand people.
UCC Professor Patricia Kearney says lockdowns get cases down but we must check people coming into the country:
Schools:
Some teachers believe they're coming under fire, unfairly, over the latest changes for schools and the Leaving Cert.
Donegal town teacher Rachel Murray was surprised at the level of support she's received since sharing her concerns on Twitter this week.
It comes after the Government decision not to have Leaving Cert students or pupils with special needs return to class tomorrow.
Rachel says just because teachers aren't in schools doesn't mean they're not working:
Vaccines:
Nursing Homes Ireland says the public can play a role in speeding up vaccination for vulnerable people.
The group has appealed to people to follow the public health advice to reduce community transmission.
Last week it emerged confirmed cases will have their appointment for a dose deferred for up to a month.
65 teams are to be deployed over the next two weeks, with the aim of administering 75,000 vaccines.
Nursing Homes Ireland Chief Executive Tadhg Daly says it's crucial to get the nation's infection rate down:
Sinn Fein wants assurances the vaccine rollout plan is prepared for larger numbers of units in the deliveries.
Health spokesperson David Cullinane says as extra candidates come on stream, those consignments could become very large:
Local figures:
4,842 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed.
There have also been 9 additional deaths reported.
The new case figures saw a drop of over 3000 cases on Friday's number of 8,248.
1,049 cases are in Dublin, 530 are in Cork, 514 are in Waterford, 405 are in Wexford, 247 are in Louth.
The remaining 2,097 infections are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 1,293 COVID-19 patients are in hospital, of which 119 are in ICU.
The country's 14 day incidence rate currently stands at 1162.2 per 100 thousand people
Monaghan has the highest rate at 2296.9, followed by Louth with 2008.8 and Limerick at 1660.9.
11 new cases were confirmed in Westmeath, while Laois and Offaly both had six new cases.
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