The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of seven confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Donegal.
It’s the lowest daily total in almost six weeks. There were just two cases reported on September 16. Since then the figures have always been in double digits.
The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population now stands at 319.1 while there have been 508 new cases in Donegal in last 14 days (as of midnight 26 October 2020)
Five additional deaths related to Covid-19 were reported today while the HPSC has been notified of 720 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Of the cases notified today;
- 348 are men / 371 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 228 in Dublin, 130 in Cork, 47 in Galway, 31 in Meath, 27 in Limerick and the remaining 257 cases are spread across another 20 counties.
As of 2pm today 341 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 26 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases
(to midnight 26OCT2020) |
14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population Advertisement
(13OCT2020 to 26OCT2020) |
New Cases during last 14 days
(13OCT2020 to 26OCT2020) |
| IRELAND | 720 | 307.6 | 14,648 |
| Cavan | 18 | 962.2 | 733 |
| Meath | 31 | 662.9 | 1,293 |
| Sligo | 6 | 439.5 | 288 |
| Westmeath | 13 | 438.2 | 389 |
| Galway | 47 | 385.6 | 995 |
| Monaghan | 13 | 364.9 | 224 |
| Cork | 130 | 336.5 | 1,827 |
| Donegal | 7 | 319.1 | 508 |
| Louth | 17 | 311.1 | 401 |
| Carlow | 11 | 309.1 | 176 |
| Limerick | 27 | 301.2 | 587 |
| Kildare | 22 | 299.8 | 667 |
| Longford | 6 | 291.1 | 119 |
| Kerry | 21 | 280.3 | 414 |
| Wexford | 13 | 269.2 | 403 |
| Mayo | 23 | 265.1 | 346 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 264.9 | 171 |
| Dublin | 228 | 260.0 | 3,503 |
| Laois | 11 | 251.5 | 213 |
| Clare | 13 | 250.8 | 298 |
| Waterford | 20 | 226.4 | 263 |
| Offaly | 13 | 223.2 | 174 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 206.0 | 66 |
| Kilkenny | 12 | 175.3 | 174 |
| Wicklow | 9 | 142.5 | 203 |
| Tipperary | 6 | 133.5 | 213 |
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