There have been 772 brand-new coronavirus cases announced this night alongside six additional deaths.
It takes the death toll in Ireland to 1,908 and the national total number of cases to 61,059
There have been 287.1 confirmed cases of the virus per 100,000 people in Ireland over the past two weeks.
Some 228 of the new cases are in Dublin, with 120 in Cork and 50 in Meath.
Every county in Ireland tape-recorded cases in the past 24 hours.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that, while the overall circumstance has enhanced, “these are still very early days.”
” The general situation has actually enhanced, however we have to keep in mind that these are extremely early days,” he stated. “This improvement will only be maintained if we keep going in our efforts.
” We have to bear in mind that incidence is increasing in older age, who are particularly susceptible to this disease. The method which we can secure them is if we continue to drive down transmission throughout the whole population.”
This afternoon, there were 325 COVID-19 clients in healthcare facility, with 42 in intensive care.
Cavan presently has the greatest 14- day infection rate at 669.5 per 100,000 people.
Meath is second-hardest hit 546.5, with Westmeath in third at 546.5 and Sligo in fourth at 363.2.
Dublin’s 14- day rate now stands at 251.6 while Leitrim has dropped down to 121.7.
The Chair of the NPHET modelling group Professor Philip Nolan said the reproduction number of the virus is now near 1.0 nationally.
” This is the first time in a number of weeks that we have actually had the ability to report positive indicators of the disease,” he said. “However, our experience to date shows this kind of progress is extremely vulnerable.
” We need to take these positive indications as an indication our efforts are beginning to work. The vital thing now is to keep it up; the virus will seek out any chance to spread out. Over the next weeks let’s make certain we don’t give it that chance, by driving R and case numbers as low as possible.”
Of the 99,657 tests carried out in the previous 7 days, 5.3%returned positive.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Desmond Hickey stated: “Since today, Ireland has seen a reduction in its seven-day occurrence rate of 36%when compared to the previous 7 days.
” Ireland’s progress is noteworthy when compared to the rapidly degrading picture throughout Europe,” he said.
” It is vital that we sustain and continue to drive down illness incidence as much as possible in the coming weeks.”
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