Full assertion from NPHET
Right here’s the complete assertion from the NPHET.
The Well being Safety Surveillance Centre has immediately been knowledgeable that 49 folks identified with COVID-19 in Eire have died.
There have now been 769 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 associated deaths in Eire.
Validation of information on the HPSC has resulted within the denotification of 10 deaths. The determine of 769 deaths displays this.
As of 1pm Tuesday 21st April, the HPSC has been notified of 631 new confirmed instances of COVID-19. There may be now a complete of 16,671 confirmed instances of COVID-19 in Eire.
The HSE is working to determine any contacts the sufferers could have had to offer them with data and recommendation to stop additional unfold.
Immediately’s information from the HPSC, as of midnight, Monday 20th April (15,871 instances), reveals:
· 56% are feminine and 44% are male
· the median age of confirmed instances is 48 years
· 2,387 instances (15%) have been hospitalised
· Of these hospitalised, 322 instances have been admitted to ICU
· 4,393 instances are related to healthcare staff
· Dublin has the best variety of instances at 7,905 (50% of all instances) adopted by Cork with 1,077 instances (7%)
· Of these for whom transmission standing is thought: neighborhood transmission accounts for 61%, shut contact accounts for 35%, journey overseas accounts for 4%
As of midnight Tuesday 21st April, the HPSC has been knowledgeable of 302 clusters in residential care settings, 179 of that are in nursing properties. Of the 769 deaths in laboratory confirmed instances, 412 are related to residents of residential care settings, of which 348 are related to nursing dwelling settings.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Division of Well being, stated: “Testing is a key ingredient to Eire’s response to COVID-19.
“NPHET has constantly highlighted the significance of testing in order that we are able to monitor the unfold of the illness, cut back and comprise its unfold.
“As a part of understanding the testing panorama, NPEHT requested that HIQA undertake a Well being Know-how Evaluation of different diagnostic testing strategies for detecting COVID-19.”
Dr Máirín Ryan, Deputy Chief Govt and Director of Well being Know-how Evaluation, HIQA, stated; “We now have recognized a variety of diagnostic checks, each in improvement and already commercialised, that can have to be reviewed as a part of a complete high quality assurance programme earlier than being adopted as a part of a nationwide testing programme.
“The evaluation has confirmed that Eire’s present take a look at, the real-time RT-PCR, stays the ‘gold normal’ take a look at for detecting and confirming COVID-19 instances.
“HIQA continues to watch and assess proof on various diagnostic testing strategies for COVID-19 and can report back to NPHET on an ongoing foundation.”
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