*Photograph: John Mangan
Less than five of the 253 COVID-19 cases announced on Friday evening are located in Co Clare.
In what the represents the tenth day in a row that an increase has been noted in the county, it has been confirmed by the Department of Health that less than five new cases are in Clare.
Elsewhere, Dublin (116), Kildare (22), Cork (14), Galway (14), Donegal (13), Limerick (10), Louth (10), Mayo (9), Waterford (8), Wicklow (7) recorded further cases with the remaining 30 spread between Clare, Carlow, Cavan, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath.
Further detail on the 253 cases has revealed that 71 percent are younger than 45 years old while 61 positive samples were as a result of community transmission. 45 percent of the new cases resulted from close contact with a confirmed case or an outbreak.
Galway 578 (+4)
Clare 510 (+2)
Kilkenny 434 (+1)
Laois 428 (+5)
Roscommon 383 (0)
Kerry 362 (0)
Wexford 355 (+5)
Longford 323 (+1)
Waterford 294 (+14)
Carlow 272 (+1)
Sligo 162 (0)
Leitrim 112 (0)#COVID__19 no new cases in 5/26 counties according to Wednesday’s data.— Páraic McMahon (@thepmanofficial) September 18, 2020
Three more deaths have been alerted to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in the past 24 hours. 1,782 people have now died from COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
