Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 34 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today 3 occurred in April, 4 occurred in March, 19 occurred in February, 5 occurred in January, and 3 occurred in December or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 33 - 96 years.
There has been a total of 4,769* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 8th April, the HPSC has been notified of 473 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 240,192** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 224 are men / 247 are women
- 76% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 229 in Dublin, 32 in Kildare, 21 in Mayo, 19 in Meath, 30 in Donegal and the remaining 142 cases are spread across 19 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 6th 2021, 961,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 679,844 people have received their first dose
- 282,043 people have received their second dose
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “Anyone exposed to COVID-19 over the Easter weekend will now be at their most infectious - please isolate and contact your GP to arrange a test if you have any symptoms of COVID-19."
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 1 death. The figure of 4,738 deaths reflects this.
** Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,727 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.
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 08Apr2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 08Apr2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (26Mar2021 to 08Apr2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (26Mar2021 to 08Apr2021) |
| Ireland | 473 | 411 | 144.9 | 6901 |
| Offaly | 13 | 10 | 323.2 | 252 |
| Westmeath | 12 | 10 | 239.9 | 213 |
| Laois | 7 | 9 | 231.4 | 196 |
| Dublin | 229 | 190 | 226.9 | 3057 |
| Kildare | 32 | 35 | 220.2 | 490 |
| Cavan | 13 | 9 | 193 | 147 |
| Donegal | 30 | 18 | 192.8 | 307 |
| Meath | 19 | 18 | 173.8 | 339 |
| Longford | <5 | 3 | 139.5 | 57 |
| Louth | 5 | 10 | 131.1 | 169 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 10 | 121.5 | 173 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 6 | 112.4 | 69 |
| Wexford | <5 | 8 | 104.9 | 157 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 8 | 104 | 166 |
| Mayo | 21 | 8 | 95.8 | 125 |
| Galway | 18 | 17 | 86.4 | 223 |
| Limerick | 13 | 8 | 81.1 | 158 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 2 | 74.4 | 48 |
| Cork | 14 | 18 | 58.4 | 317 |
| Waterford | <5 | 5 | 56.8 | 66 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Clare | <5 | 2 | 44.6 | 53 |
| Carlow | 0 | 1 | 40.4 | 23 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 30.5 | 45 |
| Sligo | <5 | 1 | 21.4 | 14 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 20.2 | 20 |
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.
- The 7-day incidence rate is 63.4
- The 5-day moving average is 411
