Galway Bay FM Newsroom - There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has now been a total of 2,099 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Saturday 5th December, the HPSC has been notified of 301 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 74,246* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 133 are men / 168 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 119 in Dublin, 32 in Donegal, 16 in Cork,13 in Kildare,13 in Kilkenny and the remaining 108 cases are spread across 18 other counties.
As of 2pm today, 231 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. 8 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 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 74,246 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 05 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 05Dec2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 05Dec2020) | New Cases during last 14 days(05Dec2020) |
| Ireland | 301 | 80.7 | 3842 |
| Donegal | 32 | 224.9 | 358 |
| Kilkenny | 13 | 171.3 | 170 |
| Louth | 12 | 159.1 | 205 |
| Limerick | 11 | 141.1 | 275 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 128.7 | 79 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 120.1 | 171 |
| Carlow | 8 | 108.9 | 62 |
| Dublin | 119 | 95 | 1280 |
| Longford | <5 | 90.5 | 37 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 89.6 | 143 |
| Mayo | <5 | 78.9 | 103 |
| Waterford | <5 | 65.4 | 76 |
| Cavan | 6 | 60.4 | 46 |
| Offaly | 6 | 59 | 46 |
| Laois | 0 | 55.5 | 47 |
| Galway | 10 | 50.8 | 131 |
| Meath | 11 | 50.2 | 98 |
| Kildare | 13 | 48.5 | 108 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 48 | 31 |
| Cork | 16 | 38.1 | 207 |
| Sligo | 0 | 36.6 | 24 |
| Kerry | <5 | 33.9 | 50 |
| Clare | 5 | 33.7 | 40 |
| Westmeath | 0 | 23.7 | 21 |
| Wexford | <5 | 19.4 | 29 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 15.6 | 5 |
Ireland’s current 7-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 42.9.
