The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,097* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 2,097 reflects this.)
As of midnight Monday 7 December, the HPSC has been notified of 215 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 74,682* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 74,682 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 95 are men and 119 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 74 in Dublin, 22 in Donegal, 15 in Kilkenny, 14 in Louth, 11 in Limerick and the remaining 79 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 2pm today, 210 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 8 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn’t been abroad or had contact with another confirmed case in Ireland, that’s known as community transmission.
In the event that a person who tests positive for COVID-19 can be linked to another confirmed case in Ireland, that’s known as close contact.
