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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
John Patrick Kierans

Ireland records outstanding 93.5% drop in number of weekly Covid-19 cases since April peak

The number of weekly Covid-19 cases recorded in Ireland has dropped by 93.5% since our peak.

New cases diagnosed each week fell from 6,049 for the week ending April 17 to just 393 last week.

A major drop in the number of deaths was also found, falling from 270 in mid April to just 34 by the end of May.

The new figures, released on Friday morning by the Central Statistics Office, also showed that 12 counties recorded zero virus-related deaths in the last week.

A social distancing sign during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Dublin city centre (Gareth Chaney/Collins)

Just 200 cases were diagnosed in Dublin for the week ending May 29, down from 2,900 at the April peak.

Cork, Galway and Kildare were the only other counties to record more than 20 new cases in the same week.

For the fourth week in a row, Donegal and Kerry have less than 10 new cases, while Waterford has achieved the feat for the fifth straight week.

Those under the age of 65 made up for 74% of all cases, but accounted for just 7% of deaths.

The median age for confirmed cases was 47 last week, and is 48 overall.

Women accounted for 57% of cases.

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