Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths notified today, 4 occurred in April, 2 in March, 4 in February and 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 50-93 years.
There has been a total of 4,847 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 19th April, the HPSC has been notified of 390 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 244,297* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 215 are men / 174 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 172 in Dublin, 42 in Kildare, 21 in Meath, 20 in Tipperary, 18 in Donegal and the remaining 117 cases are spread across 19 other counties.**
As of 8am today, 179 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 18th, 2021, 1,208,459 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 855,512 people have received their first dose
- 352,947 people have received their second dose
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 244,297 confirmed cases reflects this.
**County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.
- 7-day incidence 55.3
- 5-day moving average 380
Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19th April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 19Apr2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 19Apr 2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 19Apr 2021) |
| Ireland | 390 | 380 | 113.9 | 5,422 |
| Kildare | 42 | 27 | 209 | 465 |
| Donegal | 18 | 24 | 204.8 | 326 |
| Offaly | 7 | 8 | 187.3 | 146 |
| Dublin | 172 | 152 | 169.5 | 2,284 |
| Meath | 21 | 29 | 161.5 | 315 |
| Longford | 8 | 5 | 161.5 | 66 |
| Westmeath | 9 | 10 | 135.2 | 120 |
| Laois | 7 | 6 | 124 | 105 |
| Cavan | <5 | 5 | 114.2 | 87 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 3 | 96.7 | 31 |
| Mayo | 10 | 8 | 95.8 | 125 |
| Louth | 15 | 11 | 93.9 | 121 |
| Limerick | 13 | 14 | 88.8 | 173 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 4 | 88 | 54 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 85.2 | 55 |
| Galway | 10 | 16 | 84.1 | 217 |
| Wicklow | 9 | 8 | 73 | 104 |
| Carlow | <5 | 4 | 72 | 41 |
| Waterford | <5 | 4 | 64.6 | 75 |
| Tipperary | 20 | 9 | 62.7 | 100 |
| Wexford | <5 | 4 | 50.1 | 75 |
| Clare | <5 | 3 | 38.7 | 46 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 38.6 | 57 |
| Cork | 9 | 12 | 35 | 190 |
| Sligo | <5 | 3 | 32 | 21 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 23.2 | 23 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.
