No new local cases in latest update, curve flattened
More than two-thirds (69%) of the latest infection cases are among persons under 45 years of age.
There has been no additional local cases in the latest update on new Covid-19 infections given by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Yesterday evening's update (Saturday) came a day after a record one day spike in cases was reported in Monaghan, and more cases also in Cavan.
As of midnight Friday, August 28, the HPSC has been notified of 142 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationall. There is now a total of 28,720 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
They include 59 in Dublin, 20 in Kildare, 14 in Donegal, 14 in Limerick, 8 in Wexford, 6 in Tipperary and the remaining 21 are located in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Mayo, Meath and Wicklow.
There have been no new deaths and 1,777 to date.
Of the latest number of cases (142) 74 are men and 66 are women.
More than two-thirds (69%) of the latest infection cases are among persons under 45 years of age.
A total of 32 of the new cases are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case, with 19 cases identified as community transmission
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
Yesterday marked six-months since the first case of COVID-19 confirmed in Ireland, and Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “It has been a very difficult time for many and few have been left untouched in some way by the negative effects of this pandemic.
“However, it has also been a time of incredible solidarity, a time when a sense of community has come to the fore. We have seen innovation, cooperation, volunteerism and charity, and kindness on an enormous scale.”
He added frontline workers have stepped up “again and again”, but that underpinning it all has been each person “playing their part by making the right choices, many times, each day.
“Together, we have broken the chains of transmission and flattened the curve. As cases rise again, it is these same behaviours that will once again make the difference, protecting ourselves, our families and our communities.”