Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 2,080 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 2nd December, the HPSC has been notified of 183 confirmed cases of COVID-19. However the department is saying this may be an underestimation.
There is now a total of 73,228* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 82 are men / 101 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 36 years old
- 56 in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 13 in Limerick, 11 in Kilkenny, 11 in Monaghan and the remaining 66 cases are spread across 15 other counties.
As of 2pm today, 239 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 32 are in ICU. 10 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 21 confirmed cases. The figure of 73,228 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 02 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 02Dec2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (19NOV to 02Dec2020) | New Cases during last 14 days (19NOV to 02Dec2020) |
| Ireland | 183 | 79.7 | 3,794 |
| Donegal | 26 | 212.3 | 338 |
| Louth | 6 | 162.2 | 209 |
| Kilkenny | 11 | 147.1 | 146 |
| Limerick | 13 | 132.9 | 259 |
| Monaghan | 11 | 109.1 | 67 |
| Wicklow | 5 | 108.1 | 154 |
| Carlow | 9 | 98.4 | 56 |
| Longford | <5 | 95.4 | 39 |
| Dublin | 56 | 90.8 | 1,223 |
| Mayo | 0 | 90.4 | 118 |
| Tipperary | 6 | 78.3 | 125 |
| Waterford | 6 | 74.0 | 86 |
| Meath | 9 | 61.5 | 120 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 55.8 | 36 |
| Cork | <5 | 52.3 | 284 |
| Sligo | <5 | 51.9 | 34 |
| Laois | 0 | 50.8 | 43 |
| Cavan | <5 | 49.9 | 38 |
| Kildare | <5 | 48.5 | 108 |
| Galway | 7 | 45.7 | 118 |
| Clare | 0 | 42.9 | 51 |
| Kerry | 0 | 37.2 | 55 |
| Offaly | 0 | 37.2 | 29 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 23.7 | 21 |
| Wexford | 0 | 22.7 | 34 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 9.4 | 3 |
Ireland’s current 7-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 36.9.
