Four deaths, 442 new cases, further increases in Galway and Roscommon, Mayo unchanged

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that four people with Covid-19 have died, bringing the total to 8,806.

As of midnight on Wednesday 30 September, the HPSC was notified of 442 new confirmed cases.

There has now been a total of 36,597 confirmed cases with 23,364 having recovered.

The current number of active cases as of yesterday is 10,987, as graph by Worldometer shows.

Of the cases notified today:

225 are men and 217 are women.

67% are under 45 years of age.

54% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.

69 cases have been identified as community transmission.

170 cases are in Dublin, 47 in Cork, 28 in Donegal, 23 in Meath, 21 in Galway, 20 in Monaghan, 14 in Clare, 12 in Roscommon, 11 in Laois, 11 in Longford, 10 in Cavan, 10 in Limerick, 10 in Tipperary, 9 in Kildare, 8 in Wicklow, 5 in Louth and 5 in Wexford with the remaining 28 cases in 9 counties.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tony Holohan is returning to his role as chief medical officer next Monday.

He took temporary leave in July to deal with personal family circumstances.