Covid-19 Monday: no deaths, 252 new cases

THERE have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.

There has been a total of 2,022* Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Sunday 22nd November, the HPSC has been notified of 252 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 70,711** confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 124 are men / 128 are women
• 65% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 34 years old
• 88 in Dublin, 26 in Cork, 21 in Kilkenny, 16 in Louth, 16 in Mayo with 85 spread across another 20 counties

As of 2pm today 289 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. There were 11 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 1 death. The figure of 2,022 reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 70,711 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 22 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

***101 of these cases arose in October. These account for less than 2% of cases over the last 14 days and their impact on current incidence will be accounted for in all relevant calculations.

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