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Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway’s COVID-19 infection rate has increased by 112% week-on-week.
According to the latest HSE figures, the incidence rate per 100 thousand of population here now stands at 183.3 – that’s up from 86.4 this day last week.
With 473 new cases confirmed over the past 14 days, Galway’s COVID-19 incidence rate has more than double since Christmas eve.
It comes as Galway has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.
112 cases of the virus were recorded in the city and county in the latest round of figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The highest number of cases prior to last evening had been recorded on October 17th when 107 cases were notified for Galway.
Of the cases notified today, 794 are men while 819 are women. The median age of those infected is 34 years old, with 65pc under 45 years of age.
In all, 498 of the cases reported today are in Dublin, 203 in Limerick, 89 in Galway, 73 in Cork, 67 in Mayo and the remaining 690 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 490 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 42 are in ICU, with 58 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
In December, there have been 135 deaths associated with Covid-19. Health officials fear that many of these numbers underestimate the current situation as figures continue to rise.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “We are once again in the mitigation stage of this pandemic. The alarming escalation in the incidence of the virus in the general population gives great cause for concern. This disease is now widespread in our communities and as a result we are asking everyone to behave as if they are
Big increase in new Covid-19 cases in Offaly today
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There has been a big increase in new Covid-19 cases in Offaly today according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
After recording just six new cases in total in the three days after Christmas Eve, and less than five yesterday, there were 17 new cases in the latest figures released today. While it is a big jump for the county, Offaly still has the second lowest 14-Day Incidence Rate of the virus at 98.8 cases per 100,000 of population. Only Leitrim has a lower rate.
As of midnight on Monday, December 28, the HPSC has been notified of 1,546 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 88,439 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
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