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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
4 of these deaths occurred in April, and 1 in February.
There has been a total of 4,732 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 6th April, the HPSC has been notified of 423 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 239,325* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 219 are men / 201 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 199 in Dublin, 41 in Kildare, 23 in Meath, 20 in Galway, 18 in Westmeath and the remaining 122 spread across 19 other counties.
As of 8am today, 232 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 56 are in ICU. 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 4th 2021, 936,087 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 663,411 people have received their first dose
- 272,676 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 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,325 confirmed cases reflects this.
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 6Apr2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 6Apr 2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 6Apr 2021) |
| Ireland | 423 | 430 | 151.6 | 7220 |
| Offaly | <5 | 11 | 366.9 | 286 |
| Westmeath | 18 | 11 | 268.1 | 238 |
| Laois | 6 | 12 | 232.6 | 197 |
| Dublin | 199 | 196 | 232.2 | 3,128 |
| Kildare | 41 | 27 | 214.8 | 478 |
| Donegal | 15 | 16 | 213 | 339 |
| Cavan | 5 | 9 | 195.6 | 149 |
| Meath | 23 | 18 | 188.2 | 367 |
| Louth | 8 | 13 | 162.2 | 209 |
| Longford | <5 | 4 | 154.1 | 63 |
| Wexford | 16 | 11 | 124.9 | 187 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 10 | 119.1 | 190 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 10 | 117.3 | 167 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 94.5 | 61 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 4 | 94.5 | 58 |
| Mayo | <5 | 7 | 91.9 | 120 |
| Limerick | 18 | 9 | 91.8 | 179 |
| Galway | 20 | 14 | 85.6 | 221 |
| Waterford | 9 | 6 | 72.3 | 84 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 1 | 59.3 | 19 |
| Cork | 11 | 26 | 57.3 | 311 |
| Clare | <5 | 2 | 46.3 | 55 |
| Carlow | <5 | 1 | 42.2 | 24 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 2 | 34.3 | 34 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 27.8 | 41 |
| Sligo | 0 | 1 | 22.9 | 15 |
~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 73.3
- 5 day moving average is 430
