There have been a further five deaths from Coronavirus, according to figures released by the Department of Health today, as well as 416 new cases.
Of today’s cases, five of them are in Laois. That sees the 14-day incidence rate in Laois per 100,000 people rise/fall to 222.5. It was 238.8 on Friday.
It is only the third time in the past 14 days that the case numbers in Laois have been lower than 10.
It also means that the number of cases within the past 14 days in Laois is under 200 for the third day running. It is now 191, the lowest it has been since October 23.
And with two successive days of 23 cases to go out of the calculations over the next two days, the Laois numbers could be set to fall further.
In all across the country, there has now been a total of 61,456 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 1,913 deaths.
Of the cases notified today;
- 186 are men/230 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 87 in Dublin, 62 in Cork, 41 in Mayo, 37 in Galway and the remaining 189 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2pm today 320 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “We are making progress in suppressing the current rise of COVID-19.
“Ireland is currently one of only four countries in the EU with a reduction in its 7-day incidence. Nationally, our reproductive number has reduced to about 1.0.
“We are working collectively to achieve suppression, but it is too early to ease our efforts.
“The incidence is decreasing in young adults but it continues to rise in those aged over 75. We have more to do but we are on the right track.”
New Cases in Laois
- October 30 – 5
- October 29 – 11
- October 28 – 11
- October 27 – 6
- October 26 – 11
- October 25 – 14
- October 24 – 19
- October 23 – 7
- October 22 – 13
- October 21 – 15
- October 20 – 19
- October 19 – 14
- October 18 – 23
- October 17 – 23
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- October 30 – 222.5
- October 29 – 233.8
- October 28 – 230.2
- October 27 – 256.21
- October 26 – 252.67
- October 25 – 244.4
- October 24 – 234.96
- October 23 – 221.97
- October 22 – 219.2
- October 21 – 222
- October 20 – 212.5
- October 19 – 199.5
- October 18 – 186.5
- October 17 – 173.6
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
- October 30 – 191
- October 29 – 198
- October 28 – 195
- October 27 – 217
- October 26 – 214
- October 25 – 207
- October 24 – 199
- October 23 – 188
- October 22 – 186
- October 21 – 188
- October 20 – 180
- October 19 – 169
- October 18 – 158
- October 17 – 147
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