There have been eight more Coronavirus-related deaths and 329 new cases confirmed by the health authorities this evening.
Five of the new cases are in Laois, following on from eight yesterday, meaning the county’s 14-day incident rate rises to 100.4 compared to the national average of 84.7.
There are now 85 active cases in the county, compared to 84 yesterday. A week ago that figure stood at 47, the same as it was two weeks ago.
The 14-day incidence rate in Laois was 56.7 a week ago.
Of the cases notified today;
- 162 are men / 166 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 37 years old
- 86 in Dublin, 41 in Louth, 34 in Donegal, 25 in Limerick, 17 in Kildare and the remaining 126 cases are spread across another 20 counties.
As of 2pm today 196 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
New Cases in Laois
- December 14 – 5
- December 13 – 8
- December 12 – 22
- December 11 – 9
- December 10 – 18
- December 9 – 2
- December 8 – 3
- December 7 – 2
- December 6 – 2
- December 5 – 0
- December 4 – 9
- December 3 – 2
- December 2 – 0
- December 1 – 1
- November 30 – 5
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- December 14 – 100.4
- December 13 – 99.2
- December 12 – 94.5
- December 11 – 73.2
- December 10 – 66.1
- December 9 – 49.6
- December 8 – 54.3
- December 7 – 56.7
- December 6 – 55.7
- December 5 – 55.5
- December 4 – 56.7
- December 3 – 49.6
- December 2 – 50.8
- December 1 – 55.5
- November 30 – 55.5
- November 29 – 51.9
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
- December 14 – 85
- December 13 – 84
- December 12 – 80
- December 11 – 62
- December 10 – 56
- December 9 – 42
- December 8 – 46
- December 7 – 48
- December 6 – 47
- December 5 – 47
- December 4 – 47
- December 3 – 42
- December 2 – 43
- December 1 – 47
- November 30 – 47
- November 29 – 44
Vaccine programme confirmed
The full vaccination allocation sequencing approved by Government is set out below:
RTE.ie have compiled a handy Q&A on the programme which can be seen here.
