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Wednesday, 25 November 2020 07:23

National News 25th November 2020.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,033* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Tuesday 24th November, the HPSC has been notified of 269 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 71,187** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today;

  • 123 are men / 146 are women

  • 64% are under 45 years of age

  • The median age is 35 years old

  • 88 in Dublin, 42 in Cork, 25 in Limerick, 20 in Louth, 16 in Donegal, and the remaining 78 spread across 17 other counties.

As of 2pm today 260 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 36 are in ICU. 23 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Laois has five new confirmed cases with Offaly and Westmeath both having less than five. 

The O'Moore county has the third lowest incidence rate in the country at 54. 

Offaly's stands at 105 with Westmeath at 108. 

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 24 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 24NOV2020)

  

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (11NOV2020 to 24NOV2020)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(11NOV2020 to 24NOV2020)

  

Ireland

  

269

  

105.5

  

5,026

  

Donegal

  

16

  

222.4

  

354

  

Louth

  

20

  

208.7

  

269

  

Limerick

  

25

  

188.8

  

368

  

Waterford

  

<5

  

140.3

  

163

  

Roscommon

  

0

  

128.6

  

83

  

Dublin

  

88

  

117.4

  

1,582

  

Meath

  

12

  

115.4

  

225

  

Westmeath

  

<5

  

108.1

  

96

  

Offaly

  

<5

  

105.2

  

82

  

Longford

  

7

  

102.8

  

42

  

Monaghan

  

<5

  

102.6

  

63

  

Kilkenny

  

<5

  

101.8

  

101

  

Cavan

  

6

  

90.6

  

69

  

Tipperary

  

<5

  

86.5

  

138

  

Mayo

  

6

  

85.8

  

112

  

Cork

  

42

  

84.6

  

459

  

Kildare

  

10

  

80.4

  

179

  

Clare

  

<5

  

80.0

  

95

  

Wicklow

  

12

  

76.5

  

109

  

Carlow

  

<5

  

72.0

  

41

  

Sligo

  

0

  

64.1

  

42

  

Galway

  

<5

  

62.0

  

160

  

Leitrim

  

0

  

56.2

  

18

  

Laois

  

5

  

54.3

  

46

  

Kerry

  

5

  

52.8

  

78

  

Wexford

  

0

  

34.7

  

52

  

 

Meat Plants:

60 per cent of staff in meat processing factories say they've been injured at work. 

According to a survey by Migrant Rights Ireland, nearly two thirds of workers say they didn't get enough training before they started their jobs. 

The research comes on the back of nearly 1,800 Covid-19 cases in meat factories during the pandemic. 

Bríd McKeown, from Migrants Rights Ireland, says the survey casts a very poor light on the industry. 

Meeting:

NPHET will meet this morning to consider whether the country should exit Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions next week.

The meeting is taking place a day earlier than usual, with Cabinet set to consider its recommendations ahead of an announcement tomorrow or Friday.

It's expected Ireland will move to a modified level 3 next week with retail reopening - however, hotels and restaurants will be later in the month, and wet pubs will stay closed.

The Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said a third lockdown may be needed in January because of celebrations over Christmas.

Professor of Public Health at UCC, Patricia Kearney, says government must work out how that can be avoided

226 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Republic yesterday - Offaly being one of four counties to report no new infections. 

Laois also now has the fourth lowest incidence rate in Ireland at 49. 

The estimated national 14-day incidence rate now stands at 107 cases per 100,000 - it's lowest point since October 3rd.

Last night in hospitals there were 269 people with the disease - which included 37 confirmed cases in ICU.

 

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