Thursday 25th June:
A further one person has died from Covid-19 in Ireland.
The Department of Health also said that a further 11 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed here.
It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,405*, while the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is now 1,727.
Today there are 31 people with Covid-19 in hospital and 9 patients with the disease in ICU.
Of the 23 cases reported today, 10 cases – 43% – are in younger adults aged under 35 years. A further 8 cases – 35% – are in those aged between 35-54. “In recent days, for example, some cases have had large numbers of close contacts that have required testing and self-isolation for 14 days."
It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,437. It also brings the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland to 1,734, including two denotifications of deaths which were previously reported as a result of the virus.
It also brings the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland to 1,735, including the denotification of one death which were previously reported as a result of the virus.
CMO Dr Tony Holohan and Professor Nolan have warned against travel abroad following an increase in the number of imported cases from other countries over the past two weeks. Earlier this week, Professor Philip Nolan revealed that 13 cases of the virus have been imported from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the US in the last two weeks.
Wednesday 1st July:
* New deaths = 3
* New cases = 6
* There has now been a total of 1,738 Covid-19 related deaths here while a total of 25,477 cases have been confirmed.
A total of 1,740 people have died from Covid in Ireland while there are now 25,498 confirmed cases.
Dr Ronan Glynn has stepped into the role of Acting Chief Medical Officer after Dr Tony Holohan announced he would be stepping away from his position for personal reasons.
It means the number of people in this country with coronavirus who have sadly died now stands at 1,743. The National Public Health Emergency Team has also said that a further 23 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 25,565.
At this evening’s press briefing at the Department of Health, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn confirmed that 15 of today’s cases are directly or indirectly related to travel. 77% of cases reported today are under 25 years of age.
Friday 10th July:
* new deaths = 1
* new cases = 25
Concern as R number returns to 1...
The R number is the average number of people an infected person passes Covid-19 on to after contracting the disease
This brings the total number of people with Covid-19 who have sadly died in this country to 1,746 and brings the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland to 25,611.
Dr Cillian de Gascun said Ireland is “starting to see the effects” of entering Phase Three as daily case numbers reach 20+ nearly two weeks since restrictions were eased. De Gascun, the Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL), said it is “concerning” to see daily figures of 20+ new cases in recent days, but added that this was not fully unexpected by health officials.