Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 18 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, 7 occurred in April, 3 occurred in March, 3 occurred in February, 3 occurred in January. 1 death was reported as occurring before January.*
The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 46-102 years.
There has been a total of 4,803 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 12th April, the HPSC has been notified of 358 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 241,684** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 163 are men / 192 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 166 in Dublin, 39 in Donegal, 16 in Kildare, 13 in Offaly, 12 in Meath, 12 in Limerick and the remaining 100 cases are spread across 18 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 205 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 11th 2021, 1,063,666 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 749,450 people have received their first dose
- 314,216 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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*There is 1 death where the date of death is under investigation.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 241,684 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.
- 7-day incidence 58.7
- 5-day moving average 396
| County | Today's cases*** (to midnight 12Apr2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 12Apr 2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 12Apr 2021) |
| Ireland | 358 | 396 | 131.7 | 6271 |
| Offaly | 13 | 13 | 269.4 | 210 |
| Dublin | 166 | 180 | 210.2 | 2832 |
| Kildare | 16 | 29 | 204 | 454 |
| Laois | 6 | 8 | 196 | 166 |
| Westmeath | 6 | 10 | 194.9 | 173 |
| Donegal | 39 | 23 | 177.1 | 282 |
| Meath | 12 | 20 | 161.5 | 315 |
| Cavan | 9 | 7 | 154.9 | 118 |
| Longford | 0 | 3 | 122.3 | 50 |
| Louth | 7 | 7 | 114.8 | 148 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 4 | 112.4 | 69 |
| Mayo | <5 | 11 | 100.4 | 131 |
| Wicklow | 11 | 8 | 94.8 | 135 |
| Roscommon | 5 | 5 | 93 | 60 |
| Galway | <5 | 14 | 86 | 222 |
| Wexford | 7 | 3 | 80.8 | 121 |
| Tipperary | 6 | 6 | 76.5 | 122 |
| Limerick | 12 | 12 | 67.7 | 132 |
| Waterford | 10 | 5 | 55.9 | 65 |
| Cork | 5 | 13 | 55.4 | 301 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 46.8 | 15 |
| Kerry | <5 | 4 | 37.9 | 56 |
| Clare | 6 | 4 | 37 | 44 |
| Carlow | 5 | 1 | 35.1 | 20 |
| Sligo | 0 | 1 | 21.4 | 14 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 16.1 | 16 |
~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.
