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Coronavirus: Four More Deaths And Over 3,000 New Cases

Saturday, 2 January 2021 00:00

News updates for Saturday 2nd January 2021.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,252 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Friday 1st January, the HPSC has been notified of 3,394 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 96,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

1,619 are men / 1,766 are women

65% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 35 years old

389 in Cork, 355 in Dublin, 339 in Donegal, 258 in Louth, 233 in Mayo and the remaining 1,820 cases are spread across all other counties.

104 cases are in Laois, with Offaly having 86 new cases and another 33 people in Westmeath have tested positive for the virus. 

As of 2pm today, 607 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 56 are in ICU. 71 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “The incidence of COVID-19 is as high, if not higher now than it was in March. Every individual needs to act as if they are infectious. Hospitalisations are rising to levels close to what we saw in the springtime. Everyone needs to stay at home other than for essential work or care.

“It is really important that vulnerable and older people do not leave their homes unless absolutely essential. This includes asking neighbours or family to carry out errands such as grocery shopping, limiting all contacts to only those people you live with or have to visit for essential care reasons.

“We need to rediscover the spirit of solidarity and community we saw in March and April so that we can all do our part in protecting older and vulnerable people.

“People particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 include older persons and people with pre-existing medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer.”

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 01 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 01Jan2021)

  

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 01Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 01Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

3,394

  

381.6

  

18,169

  

Monaghan

  

130

  

783.6

  

481

  

Donegal

  

339

  

737.5

  

1,174

  

Louth

  

258

  

719.3

  

927

  

Limerick

  

209

  

594.7

  

1,159

  

Sligo

  

150

  

531.0

  

348

  

Mayo

  

233

  

505.7

  

660

  

Cavan

  

92

  

468.7

  

357

  

Wexford

  

103

  

418.1

  

626

  

Kilkenny

  

87

  

412.2

  

409

  

Kerry

  

98

  

383.9

  

567

  

Laois

  

104

  

381.4

  

323

  

Dublin

  

355

  

371.1

  

5,000

  

Meath

  

179

  

364.5

  

711

  

Cork

  

389

  

351.3

  

1,907

  

Roscommon

  

68

  

328.5

  

212

  

Galway

  

116

  

322.4

  

832

  

Carlow

  

41

  

312.7

  

178

  

Clare

  

65

  

298.8

  

355

  

Offaly

  

86

  

269.4

  

210

  

Longford

  

39

  

264.2

  

108

  

Waterford

  

67

  

249.6

  

290

  

Westmeath

  

33

  

244.5

  

217

  

Kildare

  

47

  

238.6

  

531

  

Leitrim

  

29

  

230.9

  

74

  

Tipperary

  

59

  

176.7

  

282

  

Wicklow

  

18

  

162.2

  

231

Carers:

A group representing half a million family carers across the country is calling for priority vaccinations for carers.

Family Carers Ireland says its members feel they've been forgotten about throughout the Covid 19 pandemic.

Head of carer engagement, Catherine Cox, says they were astonished to find carers were left off the government's priority list:

Vaccine:

BioNtech has criticised the EU’s failure to order more doses of its coronavirus vaccine.

The German companies saying this has left it and its US partner, Pfizer, racing to increase production amid fears of a European “gap” left by the lack of other approved vaccines.

Head of BioNtech Ugur Sahin said the EU had wrongly assumed several different vaccines would be ready at once, so spread its orders.

Pre-school:

State-funded pre-schools will align with primary and secondary in delaying their return from the Christmas holidays to January 11.

They had been due to return on the sixth.

In a statement yesterday Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman said the state-funded ECCE programme in which 100,000 children are enrolled.

When the schools' holidays extension was announced on Thursday early learning centres were initially excluded.

Hospital:

The Chief Medical Officer has said the most concerning trend in relation to the Covid-19 virus at present is the rapidly increasing number of people being admitted to hospital.

It follows the reporting of 1,754 new cases of Covid 19 yesterday and 11 further deaths.

Dr Tony Holohan said we are now admitting between 50 and 70 people aday.

There were 504 people in hospital with Covid yesterday.

Infectious diseases expert Prof Sam McConkey said he welcomed a greater sense of urgency from the government in tackling the virus:

Local figures:

1,754 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, along with 11 additional deaths.

504 people with COVID-19 are in hospital, with Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan saying 50 to 70 people are now being admitted every day.

The National 14-day incidence rate stands at 321.3.

12 cases have been confirmed in Laois, 25 in Offaly and Westmeath has 23 new cases. 

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