Covid-19 Tuesday: 13 deaths, 1,269 cases

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

There has now been a total of 1,865 Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Monday 19th October, the HPSC has been notified of 1,269 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 52,256* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 657 are men / 609 are women
• 63% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 34 years old
• 221 in Meath, 203 in Dublin, 116 in Cork, 80 in Cavan and 649 and theremaining 649 cases are spread across all remaining counties.

As of 2pm today, 312 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 13 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 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 52,256 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 19 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

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