THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional death related to Covid-19.
There has been a total of 2,028 Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 23rd November, the HPSC has been notified of 226 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 70,930 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 115 are men / 109 are women
- 56% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 42 years old
- 64 in Dublin, 41 in Donegal, 23 in Tipperary, 13 in Limerick, 12 in Louth, 12 in Wicklow, and the remaining 61 in 16 other counties.
As of 2pm today 292 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 36 are in ICU. There were 18 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.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 23 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 23NOV2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (10NOV2020 to 23NOV2020) | New Cases during last 14 days
(10NOV2020 to 23NOV2020) |
| Ireland | 226 | 107.8 | 5,131 |
| Donegal | 41 | 240.0 | 382 |
| Louth | 12 | 211.8 | 273 |
| Limerick | 13 | 192.4 | 375 |
| Waterford | 7 | 150.6 | 175 |
| Roscommon | 0 | 131.7 | 85 |
| Dublin | 64 | 118.0 | 1,590 |
| Meath | ** (<5) | 116.9 | 228 |
| Offaly | 0 | 116.7 | 91 |
| Monaghan | ** (<5) | 112.4 | 69 |
| Westmeath | ** (<5) | 111.5 | 99 |
| Kilkenny | 8 | 107.8 | 107 |
| Longford | ** (<5) | 97.9 | 40 |
| Tipperary | 23 | 90.9 | 145 |
| Cavan | ** (<5) | 89.3 | 68 |
| Mayo | ** (<5) | 88.9 | 116 |
| Clare | ** (<5) | 83.3 | 99 |
| Cork | 6 | 81.2 | 441 |
| Kildare | ** (<5) | 80.0 | 178 |
| Carlow | ** (<5) | 79.0 | 45 |
| Wicklow | 12 | 72.3 | 103 |
| Sligo | 0 | 71.7 | 47 |
| Galway | 6 | 65.1 | 168 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 62.4 | 20 |
| Kerry | ** (<5) | 60.9 | 90 |
| Laois | ** (<5) | 49.6 | 42 |
| Wexford | ** (<5) | 36.7 | 55 |
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