Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today 4 occurred in April, 5 occurred March and 1 in February.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 77 - 97 years.
There has been a total of 4,884 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 26th April, the HPSC has been notified of 426 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 247,489* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 203 are men / 221 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 156 in Dublin, 39 in Donegal, 28 in Kildare, 28 in Meath, 25 in Limerick and the remaining 150 cases are spread across 18 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 153 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 47 are in ICU. 10 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 25 2021, 1,398,061 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 998,134 people have received their first dose
- 399,927 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 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 247,489 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.
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 26th April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 26Apr2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 26Apr2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (13Apr2021 to 26Apr2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (13Apr2021 to 26Apr2021) |
| Ireland | 426 | 437 | 122.5 | 5831 |
| Donegal | 39 | 33 | 288.3 | 459 |
| Kildare | 28 | 36 | 218 | 485 |
| Offaly | 6 | 9 | 180.9 | 141 |
| Dublin | 156 | 181 | 173.7 | 2341 |
| Longford | 0 | 3 | 171.3 | 70 |
| Westmeath | 20 | 14 | 163.3 | 145 |
| Meath | 28 | 19 | 153.3 | 299 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 3 | 143.6 | 46 |
| Tipperary | 22 | 18 | 132.9 | 212 |
| Limerick | 25 | 22 | 122.1 | 238 |
| Louth | 5 | 9 | 113.3 | 146 |
| Cavan | <5 | 6 | 103.7 | 79 |
| Carlow | 8 | 3 | 96.6 | 55 |
| Laois | <5 | 4 | 93.3 | 79 |
| Galway | 19 | 16 | 82.9 | 214 |
| Monaghan | 13 | 5 | 81.5 | 50 |
| Wicklow | 12 | 12 | 80 | 114 |
| Mayo | 6 | 5 | 75.9 | 99 |
| Waterford | 7 | 6 | 68 | 79 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 2 | 66.6 | 43 |
| Sligo | <5 | 2 | 53.4 | 35 |
| Cork | 16 | 22 | 42.9 | 233 |
| Clare | <5 | 4 | 41.2 | 49 |
| Wexford | <5 | 2 | 35.4 | 53 |
| Kerry | 0 | 1 | 28.4 | 42 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 2 | 25.2 | 25 |
~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.
- the 7-day incidence rate is 67.2
