There have been eight further deaths and 1,276 new cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Nevertheless the Health Care Surveillance Centre (HPSC) states of the 8 deaths among these taken place in June, 2 in September and five in October.
There has been an overall of 1,849 COVID-19 associated deaths and 48,678 validated cases here.
Of the cases alerted on Saturday:
- 644 are men/ 631 are ladies
- 69%are under 45 years of age
- The typical age is 31 years old
Some 278 cases remain in Dublin, 149 in Cork, 108 in Meath, 107 Galway and 80 are in Wexford.
The remaining 554 cases are spread throughout 21 counties.
Since 2.00 pm on Saturday, 260 COVID-19 patients have been hospitalised – 30 of which remain in ICUs.
There have actually been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
NPHET has actually also launched information on the 14- day incidence rate per 100,00 0 population and brand-new cases in the last 14 days.
Today’s cases, 14- day occurrence rate per 100,00 0 population and brand-new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 14 October 2020) (incidence rate based upon Census 2016 county population). Source: NPHET
There have actually also been 103,567 tests finished in the last 7 days, with a favorable rate of 7.3%.
It comes as Government ministers are meeting to go over whether to accept a recommendation to relocate to level 5 limitations.
It is the 2nd time in current weeks that health officials have actually suggested a strict lockdown, amid continuing increases in coronavirus cases and associated hospitalisations.
Other alternatives on the table consist of moving the entire nation up to level four, or leaving the existing level three restrictions unchanged and seeing how they play out over the next few days.
Government sources state it is unlikely a complete Cabinet meeting will be called tonight.
This puts question marks over the timeline of when a choice will be made.
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