ALTHOUGH flagged yesterday, another case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in Kerry, bringing the total number of infections in the county to 326.
This is in addition to the two additional cases confirmed yesterday by senior public health officials.
Nationally, as the second wave of the coronavirus crisis continues to escalate, a further 147 new cases were confirmed this Monday and that sees the total number of people who have contracted the disease to 28,116 with 1,777 deaths.
Of the cases notified today, 71 per cent are under the age of 45 with 80 men and 67 men infected.
60 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a previously confirmed case and 14 cases have been identified as community transmission.
73 of the new cases are in Dublin, 17 in Kildare, 12 in Offaly, 11 in Wicklow and nine in Limerick with infections also recorded in Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tipperary and Wexford.
And as schools throughout Kerry prepare to reopen after five months, Department of Health Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, said international evidence and experience to date suggests that children do not commonly transmit Covid-19 to other children or adults in school settings.
“Internationally, where schools have been reopened, schools have not been a significant driver of community transmission.
“We all have a role to play in keeping this virus at low levels – this is key to protecting our education system over the coming weeks,” he said.
Dr Siobhán Ni Bhriain, a consultant psychiatrist and Integrated Care Lead with the HSE, remarked: “There will be cases in school-aged children just as there have been throughout the pandemic. When these occur, our public health teams will lead the response to limit further transmission, as has been the case in other settings throughout this pandemic.”
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