Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths notified today 3 occurred in March, 2 occurred in February and 3 occurred in January or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 40 – 92 years.
There has been a total of 4,937 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 11th May, the HPSC has been notified of 448 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 254,013* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 213 are men / 230 are women
- 78% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 229 in Dublin, 38 in Meath, 35 in Kildare, 34 in Cork, 16 in Limerick and the remaining 96 cases are spread across 16 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 109 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday 10th May, 1,882,635 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 1,376,583 people have received their first dose
- 506,052 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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* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 254,013 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 11MAY2021) | 5 day moving average (06MAY2021 – 11MAY2021) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (28APR2021 to 11MAY2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (28APR2021 to 11MAY2021) |
| Ireland | 448 | 425.6 | 129.7 | 6,175 |
| Kildare | 35 | 35.4 | 251.7 | 560 |
| Donegal | 12 | 27.0 | 240.6 | 383 |
| Dublin | 229 | 207.2 | 198.2 | 2,670 |
| Roscommon | 11 | 10.0 | 195.2 | 126 |
| Westmeath | 8 | 9.2 | 173.5 | 154 |
| Meath | 38 | 19.4 | 149.2 | 291 |
| Cavan | 10 | 6.0 | 144.4 | 110 |
| Monaghan | 12 | 6.0 | 112.4 | 69 |
| Limerick | 16 | 15.0 | 110.3 | 215 |
| Louth | 15 | 6.8 | 107.8 | 139 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 5.8 | 98.4 | 157 |
| Cork | 34 | 27.2 | 90.4 | 491 |
| Offaly | <5 | 4.4 | 85.9 | 67 |
| Longford | 0 | 0.6 | 85.6 | 35 |
| Carlow | <5 | 3.2 | 84.3 | 48 |
| Galway | <5 | 9.2 | 72.1 | 186 |
| Waterford | <5 | 5.0 | 68.0 | 79 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 5.0 | 66.0 | 94 |
| Wexford | 6 | 10.2 | 58.8 | 88 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 0.4 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3.4 | 43.3 | 43 |
| Clare | <5 | 3.6 | 40.4 | 48 |
| Laois | <5 | 1.8 | 37.8 | 32 |
| Mayo | 0 | 3.0 | 33.7 | 44 |
| Kerry | 0 | 0.8 | 14.2 | 21 |
| Sligo | 0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 8 |
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 62
- 5-day moving average is 426
