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Covid-19 Monday; 1 death, 270 new cases

November 9th, 2020 6:07 PM

By Siobhan Cronin

As of 8am today, 217 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. (Photo: Shutterstock)

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THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to Covid-19.

There has been a total of 1,948 Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Sunday 8th November, the HPSC has been notified of 270 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 65,659* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 143 are men / 127 are women
  • 69% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 103 in Dublin, 34 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 12 in Cork, 9 in Kerry, 9 in Kilkenny and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

 

As of 2pm today 291 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There were 12 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 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 65,659 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 08 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County_Name Today's cases (to midnight 08NOV2020) 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population New Cases during last 14 days (26OCT2020 to 08NOV2020)
Ireland 270 161.0 7,665
Donegal 20 275.8 439
Limerick 34 213.4 416
Meath 8 212.8 415
Cork 12 182.4 990
Westmeath <5 179.1 159
Dublin 103 173.7 2341
Mayo 5 163.2 213
Louth 8 159.1 205
Longford <5 156.6 64
Kerry 9 155 229
Cavan <5 156.2 119
Laois <5 155.8 132
Sligo <5 155.6 102
Roscommon 8 150.3 97
Carlow <5 147.5 84
Monaghan <5 140.1 86
Clare 6 138.9 165
Waterford <5 137.7 160
Kilkenny 9 134 133
Galway <5 125.9 325
Kildare <5 122.2 272
Offaly <5 118 92
Tipperary 8 115.9 185
Wicklow <5 82.9 118
Wexford <5 74.8 112
Leitrim <5 37.4 12

 

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