Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 26 April
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 26 April 2021
- Last updated on: 27 April 2021
Today's cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,874 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 25 April, the HPSC has been notified of 437 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 247,069* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 247,069 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 220 are men and 216 are women
- 76% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 29 years old
- 169 in Dublin, 62 in Donegal, 40 in Kildare, 29 in Meath, 21 in Galway and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 17 other counties
As of 8am today, 184 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 46 are in ICU. There have been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Latest update on vaccines
As of last Saturday (24 April) there have been 1,385,753 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 987,681 people have received their first dose
- 398,072 people have received their second dose
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, the Department of Health said:
"As a country, we have now given a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 25% of eligible adults. In order to protect the vital work of the vaccination programme in offering us all protection from COVID-19, it is important we continue to remain vigilant and careful. Right now, we need to protect the progress we have made together.
"While we should remain cautious, we can also be cautiously optimistic. Our vaccination programme, alongside the continued commendable adherence of the vast majority of people in Ireland to the public health advice, are the key to exiting this pandemic in the coming months. However, doing things like mixing indoors when disease is still circulating at a high level puts our progress at risk. Please continue to act in the best interests of one another and be safe when socialising."
The COVID-19 data hub 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.
County-by-county cases
- the 7-day incidence rate is 66.5
- the 5-day moving average is 475