Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,867 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 22nd April, the HPSC has been notified of 434 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 245,743* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 228 are men / 204 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 217 in Dublin, 30 in Kildare, 30 in Cork, 27 in Limerick, 21 Donegal and the remaining 109 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**
As of 8am today, 166 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 21st, 2021, 1,275,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 904,774 people have received their first dose
- 371,054 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 1 confirmed case. The figure of 245,743 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 61.5
- 5-day moving average 448
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 22 April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 22Apr2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 22Apr2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021) |
| Ireland | 434 | 448 | 117.4 | 5,589 |
| Donegal | 21 | 33 | 251.3 | 400 |
| Offaly | 9 | 11 | 207.8 | 162 |
| Kildare | 30 | 36 | 200.4 | 446 |
| Longford | 6 | 7 | 185.9 | 76 |
| Dublin | 217 | 195 | 172.7 | 2,327 |
| Meath | <5 | 20 | 148.7 | 290 |
| Westmeath | 11 | 10 | 137.4 | 122 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 5 | 134.2 | 43 |
| Laois | <5 | 5 | 114.5 | 97 |
| Louth | 5 | 11 | 106.3 | 137 |
| Limerick | 27 | 16 | 104.7 | 204 |
| Tipperary | 20 | 22 | 102.2 | 163 |
| Cavan | 5 | 5 | 98.5 | 75 |
| Mayo | <5 | 10 | 86.6 | 113 |
| Carlow | <5 | 3 | 79.0 | 45 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 2 | 79.0 | 51 |
| Galway | 10 | 13 | 77.9 | 201 |
| Waterford | 6 | 5 | 68.0 | 79 |
| Wicklow | 9 | 7 | 67.4 | 96 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 1 | 65.2 | 40 |
| Clare | 6 | 3 | 43.8 | 52 |
| Sligo | 0 | 5 | 41.2 | 27 |
| Wexford | <5 | 3 | 39.4 | 59 |
| Kerry | <5 | 2 | 38.6 | 57 |
| Cork | 30 | 18 | 37.9 | 206 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 21.2 | 21 |
~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.
