Covid-19 Ireland cases today update as 242 new cases and no more deaths confirmed
A total of 242 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Ireland, while there has been no death.The latest figures were announced by the Department of Health this evening.As of 2pm today 223 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.The National Public Health Emergency Team has warned government that a “major increase” in socialisation could see 450 infection cases daily being diagnosed before the end of the month.
In a letter to government last week, NPHET claimed that it would be possible to suppress the spread of the virus with a 21 day intervention, but only if it begins as case numbers near 400 a day. The emergency team’s modelling shows that if the R number, which estimates how quickly the disease is spreading through the population, grows to 2.0 from December 22 to January 6, between 300 and 450 cases per day could be seen by New Year’s Day, and 800 to 1,200 per day by the second week of January.
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