Six additional deaths and 675 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of six additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There have now been a total of 1,896 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Tuesday October 27^th, the HPSC has been notified of 675 confirmed cases of COVID-19; 17 of these are in Kerry.

The total number of confirmed cases in Ireland has now reached 59,434; validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of eight confirmed cases.

Of the cases notified today:

• 309 are men / 364 are women
• 65% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 35 years old
• 199 in Dublin, 104 in Cork, 67 in Meath, 50 in Limerick, 41 in Kildare and the remaining 214 cases are spread across another 20 counties.

The latest county-by-county breakdown, covers the period up to midnight on Monday, shows the total number of cases in Kerry now stands at 1,015.

As of 2pm today, 328 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. There have been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “Everyone must be aware of the actions they should take if they have symptoms or are awaiting a test or if they are a contact of a confirmed case.

“If you have symptoms of COVID-19, you must self isolate and phone your GP for further advice.

“If you have been referred for a test or are awaiting a test result, you must self isolate.

“If you are a confirmed case of COVID-19 you must self isolate for 10 days.

“If you are identified or have identified yourself as a close contact of a confirmed case, you must restrict your movements.

“Stay informed on the public health advice around COVID-19 and be prepared to protect yourself and those around you.”

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 27 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)