Concerns about fresh spikes in Galway-Connaught Tribune-Galway City Tribune viral cases:

Galway Bay fm Newsroom-Health Protection Monitoring Center was informed today that three people from COVID-19 have died.

Currently, there are a total of 1,788 * COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight on Tuesday, September 15, HPSC has been notified of 254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Currently, there are a total of 31,799 * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today

115 are men / 133 are women
65% are under 45 years old
61% are close contacts for cases that have been confirmed or confirmed to be related to an outbreak
24 cases have been identified as community transmissions
136 in Dublin, 20 in Donigor, 13 in Rous, 12 in Wicklow, 9 in Waterford, 7 in Carlow, 7 in Cork, 6 in Galway, 5 in Kelly, 5 in Wexford The remaining 28 cases are in Kildare. Located in Claire, Kilkenny, Leir, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath.
HSE is working to identify contacts that patients may have had to provide information and advice to patients to prevent further spread.

The COVID-19 dashboard provides up-to-date information on key indicators for COVID-19 in the community.

Dr. Ronan Grin, Deputy Chief Health Officer of the Ministry of Health, said. “In the past week, the current situation has deteriorated both in Dublin and across the country. With Dublin, we have seen particular trends in Raus, Waterford and Donegal. People have given public health advice and they or they. It is now absolutely essential that people near us act as if they were potentially infectious. “

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiology Modeling Advisory Group, said: Since late April, I’m much more worried than before. The number of cases appears to be increasing exponentially and can double every 10-14 days if all of us do not act immediately to break the chain of transmission of the virus. If you do not want to interrupt the transmission here, set the r number back to less than 1. Modeling shows that by October 16th, there will be 500-1,000 cases per day, 50-60% of which can occur in Dublin. “

Dr. Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer of HSE, said. “Currently, there are 73 COVID-19 patients in the hospital, 9 of whom have been hospitalized in the last 24 hours. 14 of these patients are in the ICU. Acute hospital for COVID-19 patients. Hospitalization rates are rising exponentially. We know that if these trends are not reversed, hospitalizations will escalate rapidly and medical facilities will be exposed to unsustainable pressure. It is more important than ever for everyone to adhere to the basic measures that can weaken the virus. “

Dr. Mary Fabier, COVID-19 Advisor, Irish University of General Practitioners, said: “We have conducted a number of tests on children and have witnessed a disproportionate increase in the number of confirmed cases of children, thanks to parents’ vigilance about their symptoms and contact with GP concerns. did.”