Six more COVID-19 related deaths and 866 new cases confirmed

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

There have now been a total of 1,902 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Wednesday, October 28th, the HPSC has been notified of 866 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which includes 21 in Kerry.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Ireland to 60,297.

Of the cases notified today:

• 428 are men / 438 are women
• 63% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 35 years old
• 242 in Dublin, 166 in Cork, 56 in Donegal, 54 in Galway, 44 in Meath and the remaining 304 cases are spread across another 20 counties.

The latest county-by-county breakdown , covers the period up to midnight on Tuesday, shows the number of cases in Kerry now stands at 1,032.

As of 2pm today 328 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 43 are in ICU. There have been 15 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “It is vitally important that if you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 that you self-isolate and phone your GP for further advice.”

“Self-isolate means stay in your room and avoid contact with other members of your household. Doing this will protect those you live with by interrupting the chain of transmission.”

“I again appeal to everyone to behave as though you are a close contact. Stay at home, other than for essential reasons.”

The COVID-19 Enhanced Illness Benefit payment is for workers and the self-employed who cannot work in the short term because they have been medically certified to self-isolate or are ill due to COVID-19. More details are available here.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 28 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)