In Ireland, a total of 1,777 people have died with Covid-19 in the Republic, many of them elderly people living in nursing homes. 560 people have died with the disease in the North.
Figures provided by the Department of Health show the State recorded its highest death toll on April 20th when 77 people died from the virus.
After health officials confirmed the first case on February 29th, there have since been 28,760 people diagnosed with Covid-19.
Ireland hit its highest number of cases in one day when 936 were recorded on April 23rd.
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As society eased out of lockdown restrictions, cases have been steadily rising since mid-July prompting acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn to issue warnings about the spike, particularly among young people.
While alarm bells were sounded over the jump in cases, there has been a fall-off in the number of people admitted to hospital and the number of deaths.
A total of 42 new cases of Covid-19 and no further deaths were reported by the Department of Health on Sunday. On Monday, 53 new cases were confirmed.
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The spread of the disease has varied across country – Co Cavan has the highest incidence rate with 1,171 cases per 100,000 people.
Large outbreaks in Dublin and Kildare means they have the next highest rate, according to the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The incidence of the disease has been generally lowest in the south and west, with Waterford recording just 163 confirmed cases per 100,000 population.
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After a dramatic fall in infections during the early summer months, cases are rising again across Europe.
A key indicator to compare how active the disease is across the continent is the number of confirmed cases for every 100,000 people over the previous 14 days. The higher this number is for any country then the greater the risk a person has of becoming infected.
Ireland's incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people over the past 14 days is now 30.6, according to figures released by the European Centre for Disease Control.
Germany, Italy, Sweden and Bulgaria all currently have a lower rate than Ireland whereas Spain, France, Romania and Croatia have much higher incidence rates.
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Globally, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has topped 25 million, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The US leads the count with more than 6 million cases, followed by Brazil with 3.8 million and India with 3.6 million.
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The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much higher – perhaps 10 times higher in the US, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention – given testing limitations and the many mild cases that have gone unreported or unrecognised.
Global deaths from Covid-19 stand at more than 842,000, with the US having the highest number, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
