There have been no new Covid-19 cases reported in Donegal this evening, Sunday.
However, there were two confirmed cases in Letterkenny University Hospital and nine suspected cases being treated in LUH at 8pm on Saturday evening.
There were 27 vacant beds in LUH and 2 vacant acute beds.
As of midnight Saturday 29th August, the HPSC has been notified of 42 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 28,760* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 20 are men / 22 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- 15 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 6 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 24 in Dublin, 6 in Limerick, and the remaining 12 are located in Carlow, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Longford, Offaly, and Sligo.
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
Cases by county
Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.
| County | Number of cases | % of total | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 244 | 0.8 | +1 |
| Cavan | 892 | 3.1 | No change |
| Clare | 461 | 1.6 | +4 |
| Cork | 1,638 | 5.7 | +4 |
| Donegal | 537 | 1.8 | +14 |
| Dublin | 13,330 | 46.4 | +58 |
| Galway | 514 | 1.8 | No change |
| Kerry | 328 | 1.1 | +2 |
| Kildare | 2,243 | 7.8 | +20 |
| Kilkenny | 400 | 1.4 | +2 |
| Laois | 383 | 1.3 | +1 |
| Leitrim | 85 | 0.3 | No change |
| Limerick | 736 | 2.5 | +14 |
| Longford | 294 | 1 | No change |
| Louth | 825 | 2.9 | +1 |
| Mayo | 588 | 2.1 | +1 |
| Meath | 898 | 3.1 | +1 |
| Monaghan | 570 | 2 | No change |
| Offaly | 622 | 2.2 | No change |
| Roscommon | 362 | 1.2 | No change |
| Sligo | 156 | 0.6 | No change |
| Tipperary | 697 | 2.4 | +6 |
| Waterford | 189 | 0.7 | No change |
| Westmeath | 689 | 2.4 | No change |
| Wexford | 294 | 1 | +8 |
| Wicklow | 743 | 2.6 | +3 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 August.
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