Less Than Five Additional COVID Cases In Kerry, 418 Nationally

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LIKE yesterday, there were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening.

There were seven additional deaths and 418 new cases of the virus reported nationally. Of the deaths notified today, five occurred in April, one occurred in February and one occurred in January.

The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is just 12.9 per 100,000 people. The next lowest incidence in the country is Wexford at 28.7 per 100,000.

There have been 19 cases reported in Kerry the same period and the rolling five day average of cases is 1.8.

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Kerry is still the county with the lowest incidence of cases in the past 14 days. The national incidence rate over the past 14 days is 134.4.

167 of today’s cases were in Dublin, 39 in Cork, 32 in Donegal, 29 in Kildare, 22 in Meath and the remaining 129 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

There have now been 251,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 4,915 people who died with the virus since the start of the pandemic.

As of 8am today, 137 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. There have been 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Monday (3 May) there have been 1,621,870 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
• 1,174,292 people have received their first dose
• 447,578 people have received their second dose

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “As we look forward to the greater reopening of activities and services, our key objective now is to maintain our course in coming weeks and follow the public health advice in our daily activities.

“When you are planning to meet someone, remember that outdoors is safer for everybody. And when you meet up, stay at a 2m distance, keep to a small group and avoid crowded areas – this will minimise the risk of passing the virus from person to person, driving down the incidence rate and keeping our society open.

“Throughout this pandemic we have seen outbreaks and clusters of disease as a result of social events such as funerals, wakes and birthday parties. Unfortunately we need to continue to stay vigilant to the infectious nature of this disease and avoid congregating together in large groups. We need all sectors of society to continue to encourage and support the public health messages and to help everyone to stay safe.”

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