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Coronavirus: Daily case number 'likely underreported' as six deaths and 183 cases confirmed

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that widespread Covid-19 immunity in Ireland could be possible by next September.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS have confirmed a further 183 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland, bringing the total number of cases to 73,228.

However, the actual number of positive cases that occurred in the last day may be higher due to an IT error.

At a press briefing this evening, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said that an IT error could have led to up to 100 cases having not been reported overnight.

Additionally, the Department of Health has reported that six more people have died with Covid-19.

The total number of people who have died with Covid-19 in Ireland now stands at 2,080.

Of the cases notified today, 82 are among men and 101 are among women, with 60% of the cases in people under the age of 45.

The median age of individuals with a positive case reported in today’s figures is 36 years old.

56 of the cases are in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 13 in Limerick, 11 in Kilkenny, 11 in Monaghan, and the other 66 are spread across 15 counties.

As of 2pm today, 239 patients with Covid-19 are hospitalised, including 32 in ICU.

Ten additional hospitalisations have been made in the last 24 hours.

Validation of data at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has resulted in 21 previously confirmed cases being denotified, which is reflected in the standing total of 73,228 cases.

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The national 14-day incidence rate is currently at 79.7 per 100,000.

Donegal has the highest 14-day incidence of any country, with 212.3 cases for every 100,000 people.

The lowest incidence rates are in Clare, Kerry, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, and Leitrim, all of which reported either zero or fewer than five cases of Covid-19 today.

Yesterday, health officials confirmed five more deaths and 270 new cases.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said that it is “important to keep up the progress that we have achieved in recent weeks”.

“Ireland now has the lowest 14-day incidence of Covid-19 in the EU, according the latest ECDC figures, and we need to hold firm to this position,” Holohan said.

“As the country moves into Level 3, there is no room for complacency in our response to Covid-19.” 

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that widespread Covid-19 immunity in Ireland could be possible by next September, with hopes that a Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out by next month.

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    Mar 14th 2019, 12:33 AM

    Let us hope the families finally get justice for what happened that terrible bloody Sunday.

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    Mar 14th 2019, 12:47 AM

    Murdered by a foreign army on Irish soil…

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    Mar 14th 2019, 8:50 AM

    @pat murphy: horse guards

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    Mar 14th 2019, 12:41 AM

    If it was the case that the soldiers were given advance orders to shoot should they feel it was warranted then that order should be traced up the chain of command. I don’t believe it was a spur of the moment decision

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    Mar 14th 2019, 7:24 AM

    @Brian Jones: I don’t think they needed to feel it was warranted. I was listening to an interview by one of the relatives the other day and he said that one of the soldiers that gave evidence to Saville said that he looked down the barrel of his gun but could see no justification for shooting so he didn’t pull the trigger. Others didn’t seem to care whether it was justified or not.

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    Mar 14th 2019, 5:38 AM

    Will be amazed if these people receive justice, UK 2ont like to admit that it’s own army murdered people

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    Mar 14th 2019, 7:22 AM

    @Barry Somers: agree , but every army murders people!

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    Mar 14th 2019, 8:20 AM

    @Barry Somers: unlikely they will see justice, British soldiers, British courts, British jury…..

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    Mar 14th 2019, 9:06 AM

    Had the pleasure of meeting with these wonderful people from Derry recently when they came to Dublin to support our fight for Justice for the Stardust 48.
    We wish them all the best in their quest for Justice. As I have said before…. TRUTH+JUSTICE=PEACE

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    Mar 14th 2019, 9:22 AM

    Give these families justice and peace enough is enough

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    Mar 14th 2019, 10:15 AM

    Like all historic trouble related murders in N.Ireland, it’s time to let go of the past and move on to the future. All trouble related crimes on all sides committed before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement should be subject to a general amnesty. Nobody murdered on any side of the troubles is coming back. Death is a one way street, a shared future is a two way street. Let go of the past and move on to a better, brighter shared future.

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    Mar 14th 2019, 11:06 AM

    @Charles Williams: Easier said than done Charles.

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    Mar 14th 2019, 12:31 PM

    @Charles Williams What you say would make perfect sense but some scars will only begin to heal when everyone associated with them is dead and even then …

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    Mar 14th 2019, 3:16 PM

    @Charles Williams:

    The British army were never charged, imprisoned, admitted or apologised for their murders, so they’re not covered by the GFA – which also they were against.

    And yet there are still people who were British blood stained poppies.

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