Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 23 people with COVID-19 have died.
There have now been a total 1,339* COVID-19
related deaths in Ireland.
As of 11am Tuesday 5 May, the HPSC has been
notified of 211 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of
21,983 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
The HSE is working to identify any contacts
the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to
prevent further spread.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight,
Sunday 3 May (21,659 cases), reveals:
· 58%
are female and 42% are male
· the
median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 2,879
cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of
those hospitalised, 369 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 6,293
cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin
has the highest number of cases at 10,670 (49% of all cases) followed by
Kildare with 1,280 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,177 cases (5%)
· Of
those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts
for 62%, close contact accounts for 35%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
As of midnight Monday 4 May, 214,761 tests
have been carried out. Over the past week, 61,707 tests were carried out
and of these 2,280 were positive, giving a positivity rate of 3.7%.
Dr. Cillian De Gascun, Chair of the NPHET
Expert Advisory Group, said; “The positivity rate reducing is a good sign.
Combined with the high level of testing we are now undertaking, this gives
us confidence that we are on a path towards suppression of the disease.”
The National Public Health Emergency Team
met today (Tuesday 5 May) to continue its ongoing review of Ireland’s
response to COVID-19.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer,
Department of Health, said: “As Ireland works to ease restrictions, it
is crucial that we preserve the progress our country has made in recent
weeks.
“This is a highly infectious disease. It
thrives in crowds. It has the potential to rapidly spread to levels that
our health service will find difficult to respond to.
“While we plan how to safely emerge from
recent restrictions, none of us should forget that the virus is still in
our community. Those who get infected have the same risk of serious illness
as they did at the beginning of this pandemic.”
