High alert situation in Dublin, Covid cases increasing by 4% on daily basis

The spread of Covid in the capital is increasing day by day, with an average of 104 Kovids being caught every day in Dublin. Numerous household clusters have spread throughout the city and county. It is frightening that the majority of them are young people.

The Acting CMO urged residents and workers in Dublin to work to break the virus’s network by strictly adhering to public health guidelines.

The number of corona virus cases are increasing by 4% every day, said the Acting Chief Medical Officer, Ronan Glynn.

Dr Glynn urged people to “act as though you have the disease” and that keeping an extra distance from others can make a big difference in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.

If people still do not wake up and act accordingly, the Covid cases in the capital will double in the next two weeks. Glyn said.

In the last two weeks, 1,055 cases have been reported in Dublin. The 14-day infection rate is now 78 per 100,000 population.

People should act like the disease could spread from anyone they meet, so he asked people to maintain social distancing with others. He shared the hope that with these matured precautions, the virus spread could be made under control.

The Acting CMO confirmed that there has been a huge increase in the number of people coming for inspections over the past week.

Knowing the symptoms and coming forward quickly for testing is an important part of virus prevention. He also reminded people that referrals and tests for Covid-19 are free.

Even though the situations are like this there are plenty of chances to lower the graph of virus spread, for that the protocols and guideline should be made even more strict.

He said that the number of people coming to houses for short visits should be limited and he also asked people to avoid social gatherings, with these the virus spread could be controlled up to a certain level.

He also advised people to priorities their meetings and travels, thus they could avoid all possible unwanted meetings.

The total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 30,571, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 30,571 and 1,781 deaths. Half of the new cases are in Dublin, with 121 cases reported.

Louth reported 17 cases, Limerick 10, Cork eight, Westmeet and Wicklow reported seven cases respectively. Six cases were reported in Lisch and five each in Donegal and Galway. The remaining 24 cases are in Carlo, Claire, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Litrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Ofley, Rosecomon, Tipperary and Waterford.

73% of cases are contributed by people under 45 years of age.

Department of Health with new guidelines

Meanwhile, nursing homes in Dublin will be subject to visitor restrictions from Sunday. According to a new guideline issued by the Department of Health, only one inmate will be allowed to visit.

New restrictions apply to all long-term residential care facilities in Dublin for the next three weeks.

There is no change in the number of people seeking treatment

The number of people seeking Covid-19 treatment in hospitals across the country remains unchanged. The latest HSE figures show that 51 patients sought treatment until 8pm last night and seven of them are in the intensive care unit. There are 119 cases in hospitals, five of which are in the ICU.

In a test of 4,691 people in Northern Ireland ,88 new cases of Covid-19 were conformed. The total number of cases in this region since the outbreak was 8,123. No further death has been confirmed yet.

According to the figures released by the National Medical Purchase Fund, the number of people in the waiting list for treatment in Ireland is 8,27,485. This is 8,400 more patients than in July.

Prime Minister’s words

Prime Minister Michael Martin has tweeted that people to be more vigilant. The prime minister’s comments came after the health ministry reported 211 new corona virus cases and one more death.

The Prime Minister said a new oversight body comprising stakeholders and government departments would be set up on how to implement the NPHET’s advice on Covid.

Speaking at the Dublin Economics Workshop, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Ireland would have to go to a level where it could live with the virus. He added that there is no other way but to suppress the virus to avoid a second lockdown.