The numbers of tests remains high, the positivity rate is now decreasing.
Daily and weekly count and 5-day rolling average – case counts have been decreasing since 21 October; the 5-day average peaked at 1186, reached a low of 350 on 11 November, and is now 403.
14-day cumulative incidence peaked at 170 per 100,000 in late April, declined to 3 per 100,000 in late June, peaked again on 26 October at 307 per 100,000, and is now 120 per 100,000
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The @hpscireland has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to #COVID19.
There has been a total of 2,010 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 18th November, the @hpscireland has been notified of 429 confirmed cases of #COVID19. There is now a total of 69,473 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Ireland.
Validation resulted in denotification of 14 cases. The figure of 69,473 cases reflects this.
Of the #COVID19 cases notified today;
•194 are men / 234 are women
•69% are under 45 years of age
•The median age is 34 years old
•173 in Dublin, 44 in Cork, 26 in Donegal, 22 in Louth, 21 in Kildare and the remaining 143 cases are spread across the remaining 20 counties.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The @hpscireland has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to #COVID19. All deaths reported today occurred in November.
There has been a total of 1,995 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 16th November, @hpscireland has been notified of 366 confirmed cases of #COVID19.
There is now a total of 68,686 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
• 169 are men / 197 are women
• 61% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 38 years old
• 84 in Dublin, 44 in Limerick, 34 in Cork, 34 in Donegal, 24 in Roscommon and the remaining 146 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
“The model reveals that before restrictions were in place, daily growth rate of confirmed cases was at 33%. This has fallen in recent days to around 15%. But it is still growing and needs to fall further.”
“It takes time to see the impact of our efforts in the numbers. It will be another 7-10 days before we have a reliable picture of how effective our collective efforts have been.”