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Coronavirus: 42 new cases and no further deaths as outrage over Killarney party

There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today but 42 new cases.

It means there has been a total of 1,777 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland as well as 28,760 cases.

Of the cases notified today, 20 are men and 22 are women with 71% of confirmed cases under 45 years of age

Fifteen are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case. Six cases have been identified as community transmission

24 of the cases are in Dublin, 6 in Limerick, and the remaining 12 are located in Carlow, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Longford, Offaly, and Sligo.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Meanwhile scenes of a street party in Killarney have been condemned by elected representatives in Kerry.

Video footage which emerged on Sunday showed a large group of people gathered on the Main Street in the Kerry town.

People can be seen singing and dancing, with little social distancing or masks visible.

Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Brendan Cronin, has condemned late-night party scenes on the streets of Killarney last night.

The videos of the behaviour, which have gone viral, have caused anger and upset across the county, he said.

Cllr Cronin described the scenes as ‘absolutely shocking’ and ‘appalling’ and called for a full investigation into what happened and now the incident occurred.

“This is a slap in the face to all the great work in Killarney that has been done to make our town safe.”

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