<p><b>PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed a further 897 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.</b></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, 101 more people have died with the virus. Of these deaths, 83 occurred in January and 18 in February. </p><p>The latest update from the Department of Health brings the total number of cases to 198,424 and the number of people who have died to 3,418.</p><p>The age range of those who died is 19-103 years, while the median age if 85. </p><p>Of the cases notified today:</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;" data-ke-list-type="disc"><li>419 are men / 459 are women</li><li>56% are under 45 years of age</li><li>The median age is 41 years old</li><li>383 in Dublin, 79 in Cork, 53 in Galway, 40 in Limerick, 34 in Meath and the remaining 290 cases are spread across 20 other counties. </li></ul><p>As of 2pm today, 1,388 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 207 are in ICU. There have been 45 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.</p><p> </p><p>“This is the highest number of deaths we have reported on any single day of the Covid-19 pandemic so far,” Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said.</p><p>“The high mortality we are experiencing as a country at the moment is related to the surge of infection we saw several weeks ago, and the hospitalisations and admissions to ICU that followed as a direct result.</p><p>“What we can have control over today is the outlook of this disease in the weeks to come. Your positive actions matter, and they add up at a collective level. Please keep it up.”</p>
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첫댓글 Massive drop in cases thankfully.
Deaths very high though.
RIP to all who passed & peace to their family & friends.