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Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,043 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 26th November, the HPSC has been notified of 206 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 71,699* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 101 are men / 105 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 64 in Dublin, 23 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 18 in Cork, 14 in Louth, 14 in Meath, and the remaining 53 cases in 18 counties.
As of 2pm today 248 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 35 are in ICU. 10 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
* Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 71,699 confirmed cases reflects this.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 26 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 26NOV2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (13NOV2020 to 26NOV2020) | New Cases during last 14 days (13NOV2020 to 26NOV2020) |
| Ireland | 206 | 98.2 | 4,677 |
| Donegal | 20 | 216.1 | 344 |
| Louth | 14 | 199.4 | 257 |
| Limerick | 23 | 181.6 | 354 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 126 | 125 |
| Waterford | 6 | 117.9 | 137 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 117.7 | 76 |
| Dublin | 64 | 110.6 | 1,490 |
| Meath | 14 | 100.5 | 196 |
| Longford | <5 | 95.4 | 39 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 92.8 | 148 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 84.7 | 52 |
| Mayo | <5 | 83.5 | 109 |
| Offaly | <5 | 79.5 | 62 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 77.7 | 69 |
| Cork | 18 | 77.4 | 420 |
| Wicklow | 5 | 76.5 | 109 |
| Carlow | <5 | 72 | 41 |
| Cavan | 0 | 70.9 | 54 |
| Clare | <5 | 70.7 | 84 |
| Kildare | <5 | 70.6 | 157 |
| Sligo | <5 | 59.5 | 39 |
| Laois | <5 | 57.9 | 49 |
| Galway | 5 | 51.2 | 132 |
| Kerry | 5 | 50.8 | 75 |
| Wexford | 0 | 32.7 | 49 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 31.2 | 10 |
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