Covid-19 430 new cases of coronavirus, no new deaths in Ireland ; four counties being looked at “very carefully” – Cork, Galway, Louth and Wicklow
It is confirmed that there is no futher deaths related to Covid-19 in Ireland. But there is a further 430 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in Ireland to 34,990.
The number of people died from Coronavirus now stands at 1,802.
According to HSE chief executive Paul Reid, there are 100 cases of Covid-19 in Irish hospitals at present, including 18 in ICU.
Earlier, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he is “cautiously optimistic” that the additional Covid-19 measures in Dublin are working but added that it is still “very early days”.
Speaking on RTÉ’s This Week programme, Mr Donnelly said he had “no doubt” that people living in the Dublin area were doing their best to limit their interactions in order to bring down the spread of the virus.
He had been speaking to the Acting Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn over the weekend and they were “cautiously optimistic” about the capital but he stressed it was still “very early days”.
Mr Donnelly said: “Where we are in Dublin right now is that the 14-day virus rate is at 147. The seven-day rate is at 78, so just above half of that.
Mr Donnelly said there are no plans for the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) to call an emergency meeting this week on additional restrictions in other counties.
But he said there are four currently being looked at “very carefully” – Cork, Galway, Louth and Wicklow.
On bed capacity in hospitals come winter, the Minister said he was “very concerned” about the coming weeks ahead. That was why they launched the Winter Plan this earlier than usual.
He said the HSE is negotiating with each private hospital individually in order to create extra surge capacity if another wave of Covid-19 happens, as well as to create additional capacity to treat public patients.
Sources
https://www.thejournal.ie/coronavirus-latest-figures-ireland-15-5216030-Sep2020/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0927/1167715-covid-19/
Photo by iMattSmart on Unsplash
