Every reduction of 100 daily Covid-19 cases leads to 120 fewer hospitalisations, 15 fewer ICU admissions and 20 fewer deaths over the next month, Professor Philip Nolan has said | Read more:
The Department of Health has reported a further 1,066 cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total to 54,476.
Dublin accounts for 244 of the cases announced today, 104 of the cases were detected in Galway, 98 in Cork, 92 in Meath, with the remaining 528 cases spread across the remaining counties. In the over 65 group, there would be almost 20% of them admitted to hospital, 30 to ICU with 30 deaths. He said it is absolutely doable if we observe those very basic measures. He said if we stay home and are exceptionally careful when we need to leave the home we will meet that target - we will be at a undred cases a day or fewer by the beginning of December and then we are in a completely different position.
She said they are continuing to see an increase in mortality. In the first three weeks of October there were 60 deaths in confirmed and probable Covid cases, of which 24 are linked to nursing home outbreaksProf Nolan said the number of tests carried out each day continues to increase and with that there has been an increase in the numbers testing positive.
— RTÉ News October 22, 2020 The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan reminded people to adhere to the public health guidelines. Dr Holohan said it was important to say again that anyone who has been diagnosed with Covid-19 or who are symptomatic or waiting for a test or result that they must self isolate.
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