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Coronavirus: Irish death rate from Covid-19 rises to 2.4% of cases

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Overall rate likely to be lower when undiagnosed cases are eventually calculated

There have been 26 clusters identified in private households, 24 in nursing homes and 21 in hospitals, the report shows. Workplaces accounted for five clusters and pubs for two.Co Dublin has the highest incidence of virus cases, followed by Co Westmeath. The incidence rate in Dublin is over 15 times higher than in Co Carlow and 11 times higher than in Co Wexford, the two counties with the lowest number of cases relative to population.

Over-65s account for 45.7 per cent of those hospitalised, 38.1 per cent of people admitted to ICU and 89.1 per cent of deaths.The report says 647 healthcare workers have contracted the disease, three-quarters of whom had no history of foreign travel in the preceding fortnight.

 

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