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Coronavirus: 264 New Cases; 2 Deaths Announced Today

Monday, 14 December 2020 10:29

News updates for Monday 14th December 2020.

Latest Figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,126 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Sunday 13th December, the HPSC has been notified of 264 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 76,449 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today;

128 are men / 134 are women

65% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 36 years old

79 in Dublin, 24 in Donegal, 19 in Kerry, 18 in Limerick, 14 in Kildare, 14 in Wexford and the remaining 96 cases are spread across 16 other counties.

As of 2pm today 215 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

 

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 13Dec2020)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 13Dec2020)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 13Dec2020)

  

Ireland

  

264

  

83.4

  

3,973

  

Donegal

  

24

  

225.5

  

359

  

Kilkenny

  

10

  

199.5

  

198

  

Louth

  

9

  

175.4

  

226

  

Carlow

  

9

  

166.9

  

95

  

Longford

  

<5

  

134.6

  

55

  

Limerick

  

18

  

126.2

  

246

  

Monaghan

  

0

  

117.3

  

72

  

Cavan

  

<5

  

111.6

  

85

  

Mayo

  

9

  

106.5

  

139

  

Laois

  

8

  

99.2

  

84

  

Wicklow

  

7

  

99

  

141

  

Dublin

  

79

  

91.9

  

1,238

  

Tipperary

  

5

  

80.9

  

129

  

Waterford

  

8

  

77.5

  

90

  

Offaly

  

<5

  

64.1

  

50

  

Meath

  

7

  

61.0

  

119

  

Kildare

  

14

  

58.9

  

131

  

Galway

  

5

  

53.5

  

138

  

Sligo

  

<5

  

47.3

  

31

  

Wexford

  

14

  

45.4

  

68

  

Roscommon

  

0

  

44.9

  

29

  

Kerry

  

19

  

30.5

  

45

  

Westmeath

  

<5

  

29.3

  

26

  

Clare

  

0

  

27.8

  

33

  

Cork

  

10

  

25.4

  

138

  

Leitrim

  

0

  

25

  

8

  

 

Concern Over Rise:

Public health officials are concerned after a rise in the number of daily Covid-19 cases.

The five-day average has risen to more than 300 after 429 new infections were reported yesterday.

The estimated national 14-day incidence rate has climbed to 84 per 100,000 people.

Professor Emer Shelley, from the Royal College of Physicians, is worried about a further spike after Christmas. 

Meat Plants:
Research on why meat plants are a hotspot for Covid-19 and how misinformation around a vaccine can be tackled have been funded by the Government.

39 in total have been given the green light as over 10 million euro in funding has been invested in the studies.

Nine of the projects will be carried out as part of an all-island study.

Local Figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19 and 429 confirmed cases.

Of the cases notified yesterday;

198 are men / 230 are women

66% are under 45 years of age.

The median age is 34 years old. 

122 in Dublin, 46 in Donegal, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Laois, 20 in Cork and the remaining 189 cases are spread across all other counties.

Offaly has 10 news cases and there are less than five in Westmeath.

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