THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to Covid-19.
There has now been a total of 1,865 Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 19th October, the HPSC has been notified of 1,269 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 52,256* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 657 are men / 609 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 221 in Meath, 203 in Dublin, 116 in Cork, 80 in Cavan and 649 and theremaining 649 cases are spread across all remaining counties.
As of 2pm today, 312 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 13 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.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 52,256 confirmed cases reflects this.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases
(to midnight 19OCT2020) |
14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population
(06OCT2020 to 19OCT2020) |
New Cases during last 14 days
(06OCT2020 to 19OCT2020) |
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| NATIONAL | 1,269 | 279.3 | 13,299 | ||||
| Cavan | 80 | 909.7 | 693 | ||||
| Meath | 221 | 590.6 | 1,152 | ||||
| Monaghan | 38 | 402.4 | 247 | ||||
| Sligo | 27 | 355.5 | 233 | ||||
| Westmeath | 24 | 336.8 | 299 | ||||
| Donegal | 21 | 328.5 | 523 | ||||
| Cork | 116 | 322.0 | 1,748 | ||||
| Clare | 26 | 321.5 | 382 | ||||
| Galway | 74 | 313.9 | 810 | ||||
| Wexford | 51 | 296.5 | 444 | ||||
| Longford | 14 | 278.9 | 114 | ||||
| Limerick | 74 | 278.6 | 543 | ||||
| Kildare | 61 | 276.8 | 616 | ||||
| Leitrim | <5 | 252.8 | 81 | ||||
| Kerry | 28 | 247.8 | 366 | ||||
| Dublin | 203 | 239.1 | 3,222 | ||||
| Roscommon | <5 | 229.3 | 148 | ||||
| Louth | 69 | 221.1 | 285 | ||||
| Offaly | 18 | 215.5 | 168 | ||||
| Laois | 14 | 199.5 | 169 | ||||
| Carlow | 16 | 195.0 | 111 | ||||
| Mayo | 28 | 183.9 | 240 | ||||
| Kilkenny | 15 | 167.3 | 166 | ||||
| Waterford | 22 | 154.9 | 180 | ||||
| Wicklow | 12 | 123.6 | 176 | ||||
| Tipperary | 10 | 114.7 | 183 |
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