COVID19 UPDATE: 18 New Deaths, 358 New Cases - 5 here in Cork
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.