Galway records 7 new cases of Covid-19, bringing total to 98

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Today’s data from HPSC, as of midnight, Wednesday 1^st April 2020 (3,655 cases), reveals:

·        48%
are male and 51% are female, with 171 clusters involving 626 cases

·        Median
age of confirmed cases is 48 years

·        1,039
cases (28%) have been hospitalised

·        Of
those hospitalised, 148 cases have been admitted to ICU

·        948
cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers

·        Dublin has the highest number of cases at 2,077 (57% of all cases) followed by Cork with 292 cases (8%).

Galway remains at the lower end of confirmed cases at 98, with an increase of 7 in today's report.