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Coronavirus: 1,276 New Cases Confirmed

Saturday, 17 October 2020 06:00

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths of these, 1 occurred in June, 2 in September and 5 in October.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of these, 1 occurred in June, 2 in September and 5 in October.

There has been a total of 1,849 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday, 16 October, the HPSC has been notified of 1,276 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 48,678 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today;

644 are men / 631 are women

69% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 31 years old

278 in Dublin, 149 in Cork, 108 in Meath, 107 in Galway, 80 in Wexford, and the remaining 554 cases are spread across 21 counties.

As of 2pm today 260 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 30 are in ICU. 12 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.

 

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 14 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today’s Cases

(to midnight 16/10/20)

  

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(14 days to midnight 16/10/20)

 

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(14 days to midnight 16/10/20)

  

Five day moving average

  

NATIONAL

  

1,276

  

231.6

  

11,028

  

1,072

  

Cavan

  

27

  

758.8

  

578

  

64.2

  

Meath

  

108

  

450.2

  

878

  

112

  

Donegal

  

43

  

356.2

  

567

  

35.4

  

Monaghan

  

** (<5)

  

350.2

  

215

  

12.8

  

Clare

  

31

  

320.7

  

381

  

25.4

  

Sligo

  

15

  

303.7

  

199

  

19

  

Galway

  

107

  

262.7

  

678

  

73.6

  

Cork

  

149

  

256

  

1,390

  

133.8

  

Westmeath

  

41

  

252.3

  

224

  

22.2

  

Wexford

  

80

  

250.5

  

375

  

43.6

  

Limerick

  

76

  

231.9

  

452

  

41.2

  

Leitrim

  

** (<5)

  

218.4

  

70

  

6.6

  

Longford

  

18

  

212.9

  

87

  

8.4

  

Kildare

  

53

  

207.6

  

462

  

44.8

  

Dublin

  

278

  

201.8

  

2,719

  

248.2

  

Roscommon

  

9

  

199.9

  

129

  

9.6

  

Kerry

  

55

  

198.4

  

293

  

33.2

  

Louth

  

18

  

185.4

  

239

  

25

  

Offaly

  

38

  

178.3

  

139

  

12

  

Laois

  

13

  

151.1

  

128

  

12

  

Kilkenny

  

24

  

142.1

  

141

  

15.4

  

Mayo

  

16

  

131

  

171

  

17.6

  

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