Breaking News | Early termination from level 5 is “unlikely” as the state reports 552 Covid-19 cases

The National Public Health Emergency Team reported an additional 552 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. One of its members warned that an early termination from the blockade was unlikely.

Currently, there are a total of 62,002 coronavirus infections in the Republic.

Two more deaths were reported, bringing the total to 1,915.

Verification of the data at HPSC notified 6 confirmed cases, and the total number of 62,002 confirmed cases reflects that fact.

Of the new cases identified, 63% were under 45 years of age with a median age of 36. 275 were men and 275 were women.

Approximately 173 cases occurred in Dublin, followed by 86 and 40 cases in Cork. Limerick And 30 at Donegal. The remaining 223 cases spread to all other counties.

As of 2 pm on Sunday, 330 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized, 47 of whom were in the intensive care unit. There have been 17 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.

The 14-day incidence per 100,000 population in the entire state is 253.5. The 14-day incidence of cavan is 590.7 and the incidence of leitrim is 106.1.

The lowest 14-day incidence in the country was July 3, with 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.

According to the latest Northern Ireland statistics, 19 coronavirus deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland over the weekend. Ministry of Finance..

The department reported 11 deaths on Saturday and 8 deaths on Sunday, with Covid-19 killing more than 700 to 716.

In Northern Ireland, the number of Covid cases is gradually declining.

The agency recorded 649 cases of virus on Saturday and 685 cases on Sunday, for a total of 39,116 cases. This is compared to 896 on the previous Sunday and 923 on the previous Saturday.

5,145 positive cases have been reported in the last 7 days.

Currently, there are 361 patients in Northern Ireland hospitals, 48 ​​in the intensive care unit and 41 in the ventilator receiving coronavirus treatment.

Mid Ulster With 449 cases, the number of cases per 100,000 population was the highest in 7 days. This was followed by Derry and Strabane with 354 per 100,000 and Belfast with 334.

The total number of cases per 100,000 in Northern Ireland over the past week was 273.

Meanwhile, Dr. Chair of the Covid-19 Expert Advisory Group of the National Public Health Emergency Team Cillian De GascunWarns that it is unlikely that the Level 5 limit will be terminated early.

He said the number of cases confirmed daily has declined significantly recently, but much higher than during the summer, which will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths in the coming weeks.

He emphasized that the currently recorded reduction in cases is most likely due to the tightening of Level 3 restrictions, and added that the transition to Level 5 is essential to further reduce the number. ..

He said it generally takes 10 to 14 days for the impact to be felt after the restrictions are introduced.

“What we’ve seen is a reduction in cases that probably began as a result of the tightening of Level 3 restrictions,” he said.

Talk in RTÉ Radio 1 at lunch said, “I haven’t seen the full impact of Level 5 yet, but I’ve seen it as a result of Level 3 of the country, and localized Level 4 around the border may have begun to affect it. There is sex. “

He said that the level 3 restriction alone could result in an R number (or the rate at which the virus reproduces) of 1, but there are still hundreds of new cases per day. ..

He added that while Level 3 measures were beginning to work, they would not control the disease and would stabilize it at current levels.

“There is a 6-week program to keep it as low as possible,” he said, with the goal of reducing the number of cases and fertility as low as possible in December to ensure that the benefits of the restrictions are felt. I added. Then for as long as possible

Formerly HSE CEO Paul lead He warned complacency, saying it was too early to say that the corner was turned.

He noted a significant reduction in the demand for testing due to the reduced number of confirmed cases, positive rates, and number of close contacts from 6 to less than 3.

Reed said last week’s tests were 100,000, 20,000 less than the current capacity.