Two more died and 767 new

There were two more coronavirus-related deaths, and 767 new cases of the disease were notified to the Ministry of Health.

The total number of cases nationwide is 62,750. This includes notifications of 19 previously confirmed cases. The total number of deaths is 1,917.

A total of 103 Covid-19-related deaths were confirmed in October, 39 of whom died in nursing homes. This is compared to the deaths of 36 in September and 5 in August.

Currently, the 14-day incidence nationwide is 248 cases per 100,000 people. Heather Burns, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, confirmed that the average for five days was 671 cases per day.

The number of people suffering from this disease in the ICU is 44, a decrease of 3 from yesterday.

According to the latest Health Service Executive figures, the number of Covid-19 cases confirmed at this hospital is 322, with 16 new admissions in the last 24 hours.

Covid-19 cases reported today included 321 in Dublin, 84 in Cork, 47 in Meath, 34 in Limerick, and 24 in Roscommon, with the remaining 257 cases spreading to all other counties. ..

Dr. Heather Burns, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, announced an additional 767 cases of Covid-19 and two more deaths. Currently, there are 44 virus patients in the intensive care unit. More: https://t.co/AaIAprtZJZ pic.twitter.com/CQbprtJdJv

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HSE it is Recent positive signs are not a continuous trend And the GP warned people not to disappoint their vigilance.

Eight more coronavirus-related deaths in Northern Ireland Recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll has reached 724 and an additional 493 viruses have occurred.

Currently, there are 379 patients with Covid-19 who are being treated in the hospital, 52 of whom are receiving intensive care.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan said at a news conference that if the National Public Health Emergency Team is happy with “where we are and where we have to go” regarding current restrictions, “it’s too early to say.” Told.

He said they are seeing a continuous decline in positive rates and high levels of testing activity throughout the population from a testing perspective.

The incidence of infection was reduced for all parameters, but “there is still a long way to go.”

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GPs are aware that the number of test requests and referrals is declining.

However, NPHET did not see a significant reduction in cases in Dublin. Dr. Holohan was also concerned about the number of infected people over the age of 65.

Asked about Christmas and people returning from abroad to visit their families, NPHET said he would consider travel advice in the coming weeks.

He warned that reducing the scale of infection in this population would increase the importance of traveling abroad as a source of infection.

“We didn’t see the decline we saw across the country the way we wanted.”

..@CMOIreland Restrictions are said to affect virus suppression, but Dublin did not show the same decline as in other counties | Details: https://t.co/AaIAprtZJZ pic.twitter.com/2unB1nomYV

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Dr. Holohan said he does not think NPHET has moved to level 5 too early.

He said the data clearly showed that the level of concern and concern increased throughout October.

The CMO said it would not rule out easing Level 5 restrictions earlier than planned, but added, “I don’t think we are in a position to recommend it at this stage.”

He knows that these are very difficult measures that are affecting people’s daily lives.

NPHET’s concern is that people start thinking things have improved and stop some of the important public health activities. “There is no basis for that.”

“I’m worried that people may feel that things have improved enough to go ahead and stop some important actions.”

..@CMOIreland People say they need to maintain a high level of public health compliance | https://t.co/AaIAprtZJZ pic.twitter.com/PPyJUA8oNt

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Dr. Holohan was asked about the cause of the decline in the number of cases, “as a result of the Irish people’s efforts to give public health advice and take steps to protect themselves and their families. There is. “

He said NPHET wants people to maintain this code of conduct.

Dr. Siobhán Ni Bhriain, HSE Integrated Care Leader, said at a news conference that he has a commitment to speed up testing and tracking in schools.

She makes decisions at a particular school or where a particular subset of schools are tested and warns them when she goes to the lab for testing to ensure the quickest turnaround possible. Said to be done.

Meanwhile, 200 trainees and 60 instructors from the University of Garda in Templemore have been assigned to today’s front-line duties to assist colleagues during Covid-19.

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said on Twitter: “We thank them and all the men and women of Anne Garda Shiochana for their efforts to control the virus.”

“We saw a decrease in incidence with various parameters … but there is still a long way to go.”

..@CMOIreland The low number of new cases is due to the efforts people are making to comply with public health advice. More: https://t.co/AaIAprtZJZ pic.twitter.com/FmVotmsfEc

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Earlier today said the Central Bureau of Statistics Mortality displacement during the period from March to September of this year is estimated to be between 876 and 1,192.

The calculations assume that if there were no Covid-19 deaths, the mortality rate would have followed the same trajectory as the previous year.

Also today, the Chief of the World Health Organization said He is self-quarantining after someone in contact tests positive for Covid-19. However, he emphasized that he had no symptoms.

“I was identified as the contact person for someone who tested positive for # COVID19,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreez said in a tweet.