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 theremaining 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.
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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 | |||||
| Waterford | 28 | 130.8 | 152 | 18.4 | |||||
| Carlow | 5 | 115.9 | 66 | 8.4 | |||||
| Wicklow | 26 | 102.5 | 146 | 15.4 | |||||
| Tipperary | 16 | 93.4 | 149 | 13.8 |
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