99 of today's cases are in Dublin
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,123 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 11th December, the HPSC has been notified of 248 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 75,756 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of today's cases:
- 124 are men / 122 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 99 in Dublin, 21 in Louth, 16 in Limerick,15 in Meath, 13 in Cavan and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2pm today 185 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 10 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan said: “Ireland currently has the lowest incidence in Europe and has protected against the significant mortality and severe illness that many European countries, as well as the United States, have experienced".
“Our younger generation led the way, with the incidence in the 19-24 year age group reduced from 432 per 100,000 population to 41 per 100,000 population. This is an enormous achievement."
