Latest news and measures on Coronavirus - Ireland

Tuesday 23rd June:
  • A further three patients diagnosed with Covid-19 have died and there are 10 new cases of the disease in Ireland.
  • A total of 1,720 people have died with the disease in this country and that there has been 25,391 cases.
  • Over the past week, 18,368 tests were carried out and of those, some 97 tests were positive, giving a positivity rate of 0.5%.
  • At present, there are 12 cases in ICU and 40 confirmed cases in hospital overall.

 
Wednesday 23rd June:
  • New deaths = 6
  • New cases = 5
  • It means that a total of 1,726 people have died with the disease in this country and that there has been 25,396 cases.
 
Thursday 25th June:
A further one person has died from Covid-19 in Ireland.
The Department of Health also said that a further 11 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed here.

It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,405*, while the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is now 1,727.

Today there are 31 people with Covid-19 in hospital and 9 patients with the disease in ICU.

 
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Friday 26th June:
  • New deaths = 3
  • New cases = 11
  • It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,414 while the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is now 1,730.
 
Saturday 27th June:
  • New deaths = 6
  • New cases = 23
  • Of the 23 cases reported today, 10 cases – 43% – are in younger adults aged under 35 years. A further 8 cases – 35% – are in those aged between 35-54. “In recent days, for example, some cases have had large numbers of close contacts that have required testing and self-isolation for 14 days."
  • It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,437. It also brings the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland to 1,734, including two denotifications of deaths which were previously reported as a result of the virus.
 
Sunday 28th June:
  • New deaths = 1
  • New cases = 3
  • Total number of confirmed cases = 25,439.
  • It also brings the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland to 1,735, including the denotification of one death which were previously reported as a result of the virus.
  • CMO Dr Tony Holohan and Professor Nolan have warned against travel abroad following an increase in the number of imported cases from other countries over the past two weeks. Earlier this week, Professor Philip Nolan revealed that 13 cases of the virus have been imported from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the US in the last two weeks.
 
Monday 29th June:
- New deaths = 0
- New cases = 24

It brings the total number of confirmed cases here to 25,462, while the death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is now 1,735.
 
Sunday 30th June:
  • New deaths = 1
  • New cases = 11
  • A total of 1,736 people have now died from Covid-19 in Ireland and there has been a total of 25,473 cases here.
 
Wednesday 1st July:
* New deaths = 3
* New cases = 6
* There has now been a total of 1,738 Covid-19 related deaths here while a total of 25,477 cases have been confirmed.
 
Friday 3rd July:
  • New deaths = 2
  • New cases = 9
  • A total of 1,740 people have died from Covid in Ireland while there are now 25,498 confirmed cases.
Dr Ronan Glynn has stepped into the role of Acting Chief Medical Officer after Dr Tony Holohan announced he would be stepping away from his position for personal reasons.
 
Sunday 5th July:
  • New deaths = 0
  • New cases = 18
  • Total number of cases = 25,527 .
  • The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is 1,741.
 
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Monday 6th July:
  • New deaths = 0
  • New cases = 4
Over the past 14 days, the total number of confirmed cases notified to the HPSC is 141, of which:
  • 45% are male and 55% are female.
  • The median age is 37 years old. 66% of these cases were under 45 years of age.
  • 20 counties reported new cases, Dublin at 41%, Kildare at 17% and Sligo at 12%.
  • 15% of these cases were travel related.
 
Tuesday 7th July:
  • New deaths = 1
  • New cases = 24
  • There has now been a total of 1,742 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland with 25,538 confirmed cases.
 
Thursday 9th July:
  • New deaths = 6
  • New cases = 23
  • It means the number of people in this country with coronavirus who have sadly died now stands at 1,743. The National Public Health Emergency Team has also said that a further 23 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 25,565.
  • At this evening’s press briefing at the Department of Health, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn confirmed that 15 of today’s cases are directly or indirectly related to travel. 77% of cases reported today are under 25 years of age.
 
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Saturday 11th July:
  • New deaths = 2
  • New cases = 23
  • This brings the total number of people with Covid-19 who have sadly died in this country to 1,746 and brings the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland to 25,611.
  • Dr Cillian de Gascun said Ireland is “starting to see the effects” of entering Phase Three as daily case numbers reach 20+ nearly two weeks since restrictions were eased. De Gascun, the Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL), said it is “concerning” to see daily figures of 20+ new cases in recent days, but added that this was not fully unexpected by health officials.
 
Sunday 12th July:
  • New deaths = 0
  • This leaves the total number of people in this country with the disease who have died at 1,746.
  • New cases = 17
  • There is now a total of 25,628 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
 
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