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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sam Roberts

Coronavirus Ireland county-by-county: 18 record zero new cases - but Dublin remains hardest hit

Eighteen counties recorded zero new cases of coronavirus over the last 24 hours, new figures show.

Just eight counties saw an increase in infections, according to the latest statistics from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

The stats are valid up to midnight on Friday, June 5.

Dublin, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Roscommon, Meath, Wexford and Monaghan are the only places to see a rise in cases over the previous 24-hour period.

However the capital remains the hardest-hit county in Ireland, recording 19 further cases.

It comes after it emerged last night that were just nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus here, with a further four deaths.

The latest update was issued by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) on Monday evening.

It takes the number of confirmed infections of Covid-19 here, as of midnight on Sunday, June 7, to 25,207.

The death toll is now 1,683.

Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 25,207 confirmed cases reflects this.

Monday's data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Saturday June 6 (25,198 cases), reveals:

  • 57% are female and 43% are male

  • the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years

  • 3,322 cases (13%) have been hospitalised

  • Of those hospitalised, 411 cases have been admitted to ICU

  • 8,073 cases are associated with healthcare workers

  • Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,158 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,529 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,423 cases (6%)

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. (Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin)

  • Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39%, close contact accounts for 59%, travel abroad accounts for 2%

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “It has been 100 days since we reported our first case of COVID-19.

"Since then, it has been the collective effort of our health service and general public that has limited the spread of the virus.

"As we enter Phase 2, it is vital to keep up a compliance with public health advice.”

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