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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
John Patrick Kierans

Exact location of 416 new virus cases as most counties see major drop

The majority of counties in Ireland have recorded a major drop in the number of Covid-19 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.

Just 416 new infections were confirmed on Saturday, with a staggering 19 counties seeing a fall in their daily figures.

But tragically, five more people lost their lives after being diagnosed with the deadly virus.

Speaking as Ireland recorded a drop of 356 cases since Friday, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said: "We are making progress in suppressing the current rise of COVID-19.

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

"Ireland is currently one of only four countries in the EU with a reduction in its 7-day incidence. Nationally, our reproductive number has reduced to about 1.0.

“We are working collectively to achieve suppression, but it is too early to ease our efforts.

"The incidence is decreasing in young adults but it continues to rise in those aged over 75.

"We have more to do but we are on the right track.”

Full county-by-county breakdown of today's cases:

Cavan -  9

Meath -  10

Westmeath - 7

Sligo - 11*

Cork - 62

Galway - 37

Donegal - 25

Monaghan - 0

Carlow - 10*

Louth - 8

Limerick - 7

Kildare - <5

Longford - <5

Mayo - 41*

Dublin - 87

Kerry - <5

Clare - 8

Roscommon - <5

Laois - 5

Waterford - 23*

Wexford - 8*

Offaly - <5

Tipperary - 25*

Kilkenny - 7*

Wicklow - 10*

Laois - 0.

Counties marked with '*' saw a rise in their number of new infections.

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