There has been a significant increase in the number of Covid-19 cases reported by the Department of Health, after a further 307 cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.The cumulative total number of cases in Ireland is 30,080 with 1,778 deaths.More than half of the cases, 182, reported today are in Dublin. Community transmission is associated with 44 of those cases.
It brings the total number of deaths in Northern Ireland to 567, while there have now been 7,908 confirmed cases. Earlier the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reported that the incidence of Covid-19 cases in Ireland over the past 14 days has reduced.The ECDC says that there have been 33.8 cases for every 100,000 people in Ireland in the last fortnight. Yesterday it was at 34.7.Spain has the highest rate with 255.9 cases for every 100,000 people. Italy is on 30.
There are 48 confirmed cases in hospitals around the country, with six of these in intensive care units, according to the Health Service Executive's overnight report. The hospital system has 47 intensive care beds available. However, a group of publicans who gathered outside Leinster House said this is the fourth date they have been given to reopen and do not trust that it will happen.
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