Galway Bay fm newsroom - There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today. There has been a total of 2,099 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 6th December, the HPSC has been notified of 242 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 74,468* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 113 are men / 129 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 37 years old
- 76 in Dublin, 27 in Donegal, 22 in Kilkenny, 16 in Galway, 14 in Louth and the remaining 87 cases are spread across 18 other counties.
As of 2pm today 223 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. 9 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.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 20 confirmed cases. The figure of 74,468 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 06 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 06Dec2020) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (23Nov2020 to 06Dec2020) | New Cases during last 14 days (23Nov2020 to 06Dec2020) |
| Ireland | 242 | 80.4 | 3,830 |
| Donegal | 27 | 232.4 | 370 |
| Kilkenny | 22 | 172.3 | 171 |
| Louth | 14 | 156.7 | 202 |
| Limerick | 8 | 139 | 271 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 120.5 | 74 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 118 | 168 |
| Carlow | 5 | 117.7 | 67 |
| Dublin | 76 | 94.2 | 1,269 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 90.9 | 145 |
| Longford | <5 | 88.1 | 36 |
| Mayo | 9 | 73.6 | 96 |
| Waterford | 13 | 73.2 | 85 |
| Offaly | 7 | 65.4 | 51 |
| Cavan | <5 | 61.7 | 47 |
| Laois | <5 | 55.5 | 47 |
| Galway | 16 | 55 | 142 |
| Kildare | 9 | 49.9 | 111 |
| Meath | <5 | 49.7 | 97 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 43.4 | 28 |
| Clare | <5 | 35.3 | 42 |
| Cork | 10 | 35 | 190 |
| Sligo | <5 | 30.5 | 20 |
| Kerry | 0 | 29.1 | 43 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 25.9 | 23 |
| Wexford | <5 | 20 | 30 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 15.6 | 5 |
Press and Communications Office
An Roinn Sláinte
Department of Health
