衛生官員在愛爾蘭進一步確認了174宗冠狀病毒病例，有1 宗 新死亡病例。衛生部在今天晚上的一份聲明中說，現在已經確認了26,644 宗 確診病例，以及1,772 * 宗 Covid-19相關死亡。
代理首席醫療官Ronan Glynn博士今天晚上說，今天的冠狀病毒數字很高“並不意外”。
“在本周中，我們一直在對已確定爆發Covid-19疫情的設施中的所有工人 ，與Covid 確診病例密切接觸人士 進行測試。今晚的數字反映了這些措施，其中有118個案件與Kildare, Laois , Offaly有關。
Glynn博士在RTÉ的新聞上說，今天的大多數案件都與肉類工廠中的群組或在這裡工作的人的有親密接觸有關。他說，他對這種疾病“並未在這些社區中更廣泛地傳播出去”充滿信心，但他說，這些病例證明了為什麼他們 昨日 得迅速採取行動，對愛爾蘭的這三個郡實施限制。
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE confirmed a further 174 cases of coronavirus in Ireland, with one new death reported.
In a statement this evening, the Department of Health said that there have now been a total of 26,644 confirmed cases in this country, and 1,772* Covid-19 related deaths.
Of the cases notified today:
- 124 are men and 48 are women
- 69% are under the age of 45
- 112 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- Five cases have been identified as community transmission
- 110 cases are located in Kildare, 27 in Dublin, 7 in Cork, 7 in Offaly, 6 in Meath and 17 are spread across thirteen other counties (Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow).
The figures are released as new restrictions came into force today in counties Kildare, Offaly and Laois for the next two weeks.
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