The latest Covid figures have been released.
93 further cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, while no new deaths have been reported.
34 of Thursday’s cases were found in Dublin, seven in Kildare, six in Donegal, six in Laois, five in Limerick, five in Wexford, while the other 30 were spread across Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wicklow.
52 of Thursday’s cases are men, while 41 are women.
70% of the 93 cases are people under 45 years of age.
73 people are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
Speaking on Thursday, acting CMO Ronan Glynn said: “We are continuing to see a slow growth of Covid-19 in Ireland.
“The most effective action we can take to reduce the transmission rate of this virus is to reduce our number of close contacts.
“If we do this and keep practicing the other safe behaviours by continuing to physical distance, avoid crowds, wash our hands, cover our coughs and sneezes, wear a mask where appropriate and download the Covid tracker app, we have a real chance of slowing the spread of the virus to where we want it to be.”
In the last 14 days, there have been 1535 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
This represents just over 5% of the total number of cases reported to date. The 14-day incidence is now at 32 cases per 100,000 population.
Approximately 20-30% of #Covid19 cases confirmed in the Republic of Ireland at the moment are the result of community transmission.
Professor Nolan says this "appears to be stable at the moment but higher than we would like it to be".@JOEdotie
— Rob O'Hanrahan (@RobOHanrahan) August 27, 2020
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