COVID-19 UPDATE – MONDAY 24 AUGUST

⚠️ There have been 147 new confirmed cases.

⚠️ There is now a total of 28,116 confirmed cases.

⚠️ There have been no new deaths, meaning a total of 1, 777 people have died. May they rest in peace.

⚠️ Of the cases notified today;

• 80 are men / 67 are women
• 71% are under 45 years of age
• 60 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
• 14 cases have been identified as community transmission
• 73 in Dublin, 17 in Kildare, 12 in Offaly, 11 in Wicklow, 9 in Limerick and the remaining 25 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tipperary and Wexford.

⚠️ Be responsible. Be safe.