506 New Cases Of Coronavirus And a Further Death Recorded

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 1,817 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Wednesday 7th October the HPSC has been notified of 506 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 40,086* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today;

• 240 are men / 265 are women
• 64% are under 45 years of age
• 39% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
• 59 cases have been identified as community transmission
• 91 in Dublin, 76 in Cork, 53 in Donegal, 42 in Meath and the remaining 244 cases are located across 21 counties.

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.