COVID19 UPDATE: 34 New Deaths, 473 New Cases - 14 here in Cork

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 34 additional deaths related to COVID-19

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 34 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today 3 occurred in April, 4 occurred in March, 19 occurred in February, 5 occurred in January, and 3 occurred in December or earlier. 

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 33 - 96 years.

There has been a total of 4,769* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 8th April, the HPSC has been notified of 473 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There is now a total of 240,192** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 224 are men / 247 are women
  • 76% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 29 years old
  • 229 in Dublin, 32 in Kildare, 21 in Mayo, 19 in Meath, 30 in Donegal and the remaining 142 cases are spread across 19 other counties***.

 

As of 8am today, 212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of April 6th 2021, 961,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 679,844 people have received their first dose
  • 282,043 people have received their second dose

 

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “Anyone exposed to COVID-19 over the Easter weekend will now be at their most infectious - please isolate and contact your GP to arrange a test if you have any symptoms of COVID-19."

 

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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