569 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed with 3 additional deaths - No Figures for Galway

Galway Bay FM Newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,906 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Friday 30^th April, the HPSC has been notified of 569 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 249,437* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 268 are men / 290 are women
• 78% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 26 years old

As of 8am today, 123 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. 5 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of April 29^th, 2021, 1,527,844 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 1,097,742 people have received their first dose
• 430,102 people have received their second dose

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 cases. The figure of 249,437 confirmed cases reflects this.

• 5-day moving average 476