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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Paul Moore

Exact location of 242 new virus cases as no new deaths are recorded

Ireland recorded 242 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday.

In more positive news, no further deaths were announced during a briefing from the National Public Health Emergency Team.

There is now a total of 74,468 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Dublin again saw the highest number, although infections dropped significantly to 76.

Donegal was next with 27 more people being diagnosed, followed by Kilkenny with 22, 16 people in Galway, and 14 in Louth.

The remaining 87 cases are spread across 18 other counties.

Of those to receive a positive result, 129 were women and 113 were men, while the average age was 37.

As of 2 pm today, 223 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. There has been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Here's the latest breakdown of cases across the country:

Ireland -242

Donegal - 27

Kilkenny - 22

Louth - 14

Limerick - 8

Monaghan - 0

Wicklow - <5

Carlow - 5

Dublin - 76

Tipperary - <5

Longford - <5

Mayo - 9

Waterford - 13

Offaly - 7

Cavan - <5

Laois - <5

Galway - 16

Kildare - 9

Meath - <5

Roscommon - <5

Clare - <5

Cork - 10

Sligo - <5

Kerry - 0

Westmeath - <5

Wexford - <5

Leitrim - 0

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