One further death was reported, but with an earlier death being denotified the total number of deaths remains at 1,777. Today’s fatality dates back to June.
Of today’s infections, 56 per cent are associated with outbreaks or with close contacts of a confirmed case. Eight involve community transmission, meaning origin of the infection is unclear. The Health Service Executive has warned that this is going to be ‘a more difficult winter than we’ve ever faced’. File photograph: The Irish Times
Assistant secretary general at the Department of the Taoiseach Liz Canavan said the national shutdown was “simple to execute in many respects, notwithstanding the impact we knew it would have”, but Ireland is in a different phase now where we must live alongside the virus. Community assessment hubs which had been established during the pandemic would be used during the winter to assess people for respiratory illnesses and filter out what is and is not Covid related, he said.In relation to the Leaving Certificate, Ms Canavan said students “can be confident a huge amount of work has been done to deliver a calculated grades model which has equity and fairness at its core”.
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