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This evening the Department of Health have confirmed that, sadly, there have been 15 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 3,307.
We further learn that there have been 1,247 new additional virus cases reported in the republic today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 196,547.
There have been 4,331 confirmed cases to date in Tipperary since the pandemic began.
Of today’s cases nationally; 430 are in Dublin, 97 in Wexford, 87 in Cork, 84 in Limerick, and 76 in Galway; with the remaining 473 cases located across all other counties.
There are over 1,515 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 211 people are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan, not for the first time, has warned that there is an onus on all employers to ensure that, in the first instance, staff are encouraged to work from home and in cases where this is not physically possible, that places of work are safe for both staff and customers.
With just 200 to 400 new cases of Covid-19 virus, expected to be confirmed per day, countrywide, by the end of February 2021; Professor Mr Philip Nolan (Chairperson of the NPHET’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group), believes it could be possible to begin a phased reopening of our education sector.
Authorities have announced that some two million residents of the city of Perth, Australian must now stay at home, as one person only, named as a security guard at a quarantine hotel, has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.
Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, are now standing at well over 102.7 million confirmed cases, with global deaths at well over 2.22 million.
Please Stay Safe – Stay at Home.
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