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Coronavirus: Three More Deaths Reported

Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:00

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 248 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,123 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 11th December, the HPSC has been notified of 248 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 75,756* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today;

  • 124 are men / 122 are women
  • 67% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 33 years old
  • 99 in Dublin, 21 in Louth, 16 in Limerick,15 in Meath, 13 in Cavan and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties. 

Nine new cases have been confirmed in Laois with less than five being reported in both Westmeath and Offaly.

The O Moore county has the highest incidence rate in the region on 70. Offaly's rate is 60, while Westmeath has one of the lowest in the country at 25.

As of 2pm today 185 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 10 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “Ireland currently has the lowest incidence in Europe and has protected against the significant mortality and severe illness that many European countries, as well as the United States, have experienced.

“Our younger generation led the way, with the incidence in the 19-24 year age group reduced from 432 per 100,000 population to 41 per 100,000 population. This is an enormous achievement.

“We all need to recognise how well our younger generation has reduced their contacts and helped to protect the whole population. We all now need to follow this example in the weeks ahead.

“We can do this by planning from now for Christmas to reduce our social contacts and limit our activities to those that are essential and most important to us.”

County Today's cases (to midnight 11Dec2020) 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 11Dec2020) New Cases during last 14 days
 
(to 11Dec2020)
Ireland 248* 81.5 3,880
Donegal 6 216.7 345
Kilkenny 7 191.5 190
Louth 21 173 223
Carlow <5 158.1 90
Monaghan <5 138.5 85
Limerick 16 125.2 244
Longford <5 122.3 50
Wicklow <5 115.9 165
Mayo 8 102.7 134
Cavan 13 97.1 74
Dublin 99 92.1 1,241
Tipperary 5 80.2 128
Laois 9 73.2 62
Waterford 6 73.2 85
Offaly <5 60.3 47
Galway <5 60.1 155
Meath 15 58.4 114
Kildare 8 55.3 123
Roscommon <5 44.9 29
Sligo <5 39.7 26
Clare 0 32.8 39
Wexford 7 30.7 46
Westmeath <5 25.9 23
Cork <5 23.6 128
Kerry <5 19 28
Leitrim <5 18.7 6

Contacts:

The Chief Medical Officer says it's crucial people 'ration' their social contacts in the weeks ahead.

313 new cases of Covid 19 were confirmed last night, with 3 more deaths - while the 14 day incident rate has increased to 81.2.

Dr Tony Holohan says the public needs to play it safe and choose their contacts carefully in the run up to Christmas:

Vaccine:

THE HSE has launched an online survey to find out how the public feel about Covid 19 vaccines.

It wants to hear from healthcare workers and members of the public - between now and December 18th.

The survey will take about ten minutes to complete and is strictly confidential.

You can find a link on the HSE website, Facebook or Twitter.

UK:

The UK has recorded another 424 daily coronavirus-related deaths, within 28 days of a positive test.

That's down from yesterday's figure of 516 - and takes the total number of deaths to over 63-thousand.

The number of new infections reported in the past 24 hours has gone UP by 708 to 21-thousand-672.

Local figures:

313 new cases of covid 19 have been confirmed and 3 more people with the virus have died.

The Republic's 14 day incident rate per hundred thousand has increased to 81.2.

There are 70 new infections in Dublin, with 31 in Mayo, 21 in Kilkenny and 19 in Donegal.

18 of the new cases are in Laois, 8 in Westmeath and less than 5 have been reported in Offaly.

The Lake county has now the 5th lowest incidence rate in the country on 28, while Offaly has a rate of 64 and it's 66 in Laois. 

The national average for the 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 81. 

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