Coronavirus: 3 COVID-19 deaths, no new Galway cases

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Galway Daily news 25 percent drop in COVID cases in Galway hospitals

There have been three new deaths of people with COVID-19 reported to the HPSC today, along with 14 new confirmed cases.

There have now been a total of 1,709 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland, along with 25,334 confirmed cases.

There were once again no new cases confirmed in Galway today, leaving the city and county total at 486 cases.

Validation of data by the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of one previously confirmed cases, which is reflected in the national total.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Office said that as of Monday, a total 386,572 tests for the coronavirus have been conducted here.

“Over the past week, 18,758 were carried out. 146 tests were positive, giving a positivity rate of 0.8%.”

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Sunday 14 June (25,320 cases), reveals:

  • 57% are female and 43% are male
  • the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
  • 3,282 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
  • of those hospitalised, 418 cases have been admitted to ICU
  • 8,139 cases are associated with healthcare workers
  • Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,228 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,533 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,434 cases (6%)
  • of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 37%, close contact accounts for 60%, travel abroad accounts for 2%