16 more deaths from Covid-19 in Republic

Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 16 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.

·        11
deaths located in the east, 4 in the north west, 1 in the west of the country

·        The
patients included 6 females and 10 males

·        4
patients were reported as having underlying health conditions

·        Median
age of today’s reported deaths is 78

There have now been 174 COVID-19 related deaths
in Ireland.

The median age of deaths in Ireland is 81.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre
has been informed of 370 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland, as
at 1pm, Monday 6th April.

There are now 5,364 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.