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Coronavirus: One Further Death And 306 Confirmed Cases

Monday, 30 November 2020 09:39

National news updates on Monday 30th November.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,053 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Sunday 29th November, the HPSC has been notified of 306 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 72,544 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today;

  • 156 are men / 148 are women

  • 67% are under 45 years of age

  • The median age is 35 years old

  • 108 in Dublin, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Galway, 17 in Donegal, 15 in Wicklow, 14 in Cork and the remaining 100 cases are spread across 18 other counties.

As of 2pm today 244 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 3 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Westmeath now has one of the lowest incidence rates in the country. 

The Lake county reported less than five new cases today and has a rate of 40. 

Laois and Offaly both have an incidence rate of 51.

The national 14 day incidence rate of the virus is now at 89.2.
 

County

Today's cases (to midnight 30NOV2020)

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population ( to 30NOV2020)

New Cases during last 14 days

( to 30NOV2020)

Ireland

306

89.2

4,248

Donegal

17

223.6

356

Louth

10

179.2

231

Limerick

30

142.6

278

Kilkenny

9

132

131

Dublin

108

104.6

1,409

Monaghan

12

99.4

61

Roscommon

0

96.1

62

Wicklow

15

95.5

136

Waterford

<5

86.9

101

Longford

5

85.6

35

Mayo

10

84.3

110

Meath

6

82.5

161

Tipperary

9

80.9

129

Carlow

7

77.3

44

Cork

14

68.2

370

Kildare

9

61.1

136

Cavan

<5

60.4

46

Sligo

<5

56.5

37

Laois

<5

51.9

44

Clare

5

51.3

61

Offaly

<5

51.3

40

Galway

22

49.6

128

Kerry

<5

44

65

Westmeath

<5

40.6

36

Wexford

<5

24.7

37

Leitrim

0

12.5

4

 

Mandatory:

The Health Minister says there are no plans to make the Covid 19 vaccine mandatory, when one does become available. 

Liam Herrick from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties says mandatory vaccination often doesn’t work:

Vaccine:

The government’s Covid 19 vaccination taskforce will meet later today to discuss the rollout of a vaccine.

The Health Minister says a vaccine is unlikely to be rolled out here in December but should become available early in 2021.

It comes as the country enters the last day of Level 5 restrictions.

Professor of Immunology at NUI Maynooth, Paul Moynagh, says a vaccine is very close:

Pop-up testing centres:

A public health expert is calling for pop-up testing to be brought in where Covid 19 cases emerge.

RCSI Professor Sam McConkey believes extra testing is needed for people who are less close to the close contacts of a case.

It comes as 299 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed along with 2 more deaths.

Professor McConkey says even touching an object in a restaurant poses a risk:

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