Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today 2 occurred in April, 2 occurred in March and 3 occurred in February.
The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 62 - 89 years.
There has been a total of 4,737* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Wednesday 7th April, the HPSC has been notified of 400 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 239,723** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 205 are men / 193 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 162 in Dublin, 61 in Kildare, 26 in Cork, 21 in Galway, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 113 cases are spread across 18 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 226 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 55 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 5th 2021, 940,883 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 667,182 people have received their first dose
- 273,701 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 deaths. The figure of 4,737 deaths reflects this.
** Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,723 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 7Apr2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 7Apr 2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 7Apr 2021) |
| Ireland | 400 | 408 | 147.3 | 7014 |
| Offaly | 12 | 10 | 346.3 | 270 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 10 | 261.3 | 232 |
| Laois | 13 | 10 | 240.9 | 204 |
| Dublin | 162 | 179 | 225.6 | 3040 |
| Kildare | 61 | 35 | 225.2 | 501 |
| Donegal | 17 | 16 | 190.3 | 303 |
| Cavan | 8 | 7 | 189 | 144 |
| Meath | 17 | 20 | 180.5 | 352 |
| Longford | 6 | 4 | 151.7 | 62 |
| Louth | 5 | 13 | 142 | 183 |
| Wicklow | 13 | 10 | 123.6 | 176 |
| Wexford | 7 | 10 | 117.6 | 176 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 9 | 109.7 | 175 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 5 | 104.3 | 64 |
| Mayo | 6 | 5 | 90.4 | 118 |
| Galway | 21 | 17 | 89.1 | 230 |
| Limerick | <5 | 8 | 85.7 | 167 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 2 | 80.6 | 52 |
| Waterford | <5 | 5 | 66.3 | 77 |
| Cork | 26 | 24 | 58.9 | 320 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Carlow | <5 | 1 | 42.2 | 24 |
| Clare | 0 | 2 | 42.1 | 50 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 29.1 | 43 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 1 | 23.2 | 23 |
| Sligo | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | 11 |
~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 65.9
- the 5-day moving average is 408
