Some 93 new COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Department of Health today.
Now the overall number of infections in Ireland stand at 28,453.
No further deaths were announced as the death toll is now at 1,777.
Of the cases notified today:
- 52 are men and 41 are women
- 70% are under the age of 45
- 73 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 12 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 34 are in Dublin, 7 in Kildare, 6 in Laois, 5 in Limerick, 5 in Wexford, and the remaining 30 are in Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath, and Wicklow
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “We continue to see a slow growth of COVID-19 in Ireland.
“The most effective action we can take to reduce the transmission rate of this virus is to reduce our number of close contacts. If we do this and keep practicing the other safe behaviours by continuing to physical distance, avoid crowds, wash our hands, cover our coughs and sneezes, wear a face mask where appropriate and download the COVID Tracker app, we have a real chance of slowing the spread of the virus to where we want it to be.”
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