Clare’s COVID-19 Death Toll Confirmed At 32

The CSO has, for the first time, revealed the COVID-19 death toll in Clare.

32 people have lost their lives in this county as a result of the virus which has claimed over 1,700 lives in Ireland.

Separate data has also revealed that parts of East and South-East Clare recorded the highest number of cases, although large parts of the county have had no confirmed cases at any point during the pandemic

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The spread of the disease here has been largely curtailed.

As part of a series of weekly COVID-19 updates, the CSO has – for the first time – published a county-by-county breakdown of coronavirus deaths.

It shows that 32 people in Clare have died as a result of the disease, and that they have a median age of 82.

This is the eleventh highest figure for any county in Ireland.

It’s understood that a large portion of these deaths occurred in nursing homes, and that most of them date back to the height of the pandemic in April.

In fact, these figures also show the spread of the disease has been largely curtailed here, with fewer than 10 cases for five straight weeks, and no cases at all in Clare two weeks ago.

Separate data, released by the Department of Health, has also revealed the most complete picture yet in relation to the virus, and the areas in Clare that have been hardest hit.

For the first time, data on the number of cases in each electoral division has been revealed – there are 151 such divisions throughout Clare, and only nine of those have had six or more cases.

Those nine areas account for nearly two-thirds of all cases.

58 diagnoses came in Killaloe, with 57 in the Killeely electoral division which includes Meelick.

44 came in the Ballyglass electoral division, which incorporates Ardnacrusa and Parteen.

23 cases have been diagnosed in the large Ennis Rural area, which is home to nearly 18,000 people, with 7 more in the Ennis No. 2 Urban Division.

There have been 20 cases in the Clenagh Division, which incorporates much of Shannon, while there have been six each in Quin and O’Briensbridge, seven in Sixmilebridge and nine in Miltown Malbay.

The data only reflects how many people were diagnosed with COVID-19, and does not show how many have recovered, although the national recovery rate now stands at 92%.