Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
3 of these deaths occurred in January, 2 in February, 3 in March and 1 in April.
There has been a total of 4,727 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday5th April, the HPSC has been notified of 443 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 238,907* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 239 are men / 203 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 208 in Dublin, 32 in Cork, 24 in Kildare, 20 in Meath, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 142 spread across 19 other counties. **
As of 8am today, 261 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 60 are in ICU. 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 3rd 2021, 932,324 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 660,800 people have received their first dose
- 271,524 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.
ENDS//
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 238,907 confirmed cases reflects this.
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 5Apr2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 5Apr 2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 5Apr 2021) |
| Ireland | 443 | 463 | 157.1 | 7482 |
| Offaly | 11 | 15 | 407.9 | 318 |
| Westmeath | 10 | 13 | 260.2 | 231 |
| Donegal | 17 | 18 | 246.2 | 392 |
| Laois | 12 | 16 | 244.4 | 207 |
| Dublin | 208 | 213 | 240.1 | 3,235 |
| Kildare | 24 | 27 | 218.9 | 487 |
| Cavan | 8 | 9 | 200.9 | 153 |
| Meath | 20 | 20 | 193.8 | 378 |
| Louth | 8 | 13 | 162.9 | 210 |
| Longford | <5 | 3 | 156.6 | 64 |
| Tipperary | 13 | 10 | 129.7 | 207 |
| Wexford | 8 | 9 | 122.2 | 183 |
| Wicklow | 14 | 15 | 116.6 | 166 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 100.7 | 65 |
| Mayo | 8 | 7 | 97.3 | 127 |
| Limerick | 9 | 6 | 91.3 | 178 |
| Monaghan | 6 | 5 | 89.6 | 55 |
| Galway | 12 | 14 | 86.8 | 224 |
| Waterford | 6 | 5 | 69.7 | 81 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 65.5 | 21 |
| Cork | 32 | 27 | 58 | 315 |
| Clare | <5 | 3 | 54.7 | 65 |
| Carlow | 0 | 1 | 42.2 | 24 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 1 | 32.2 | 32 |
| Kerry | 5 | 5 | 31.1 | 46 |
| Sligo | <5 | 2 | 27.5 | 18 |
~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.
- 7 day incidence rate is 73.2
- 5 day moving average is 463
