Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 21 April
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 15 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths notified today:
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 56-90 years.
There has been a total of 4,856* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 previous deaths. The figure of 4,856 confirmed deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Tuesday 20 April, the HPSC has been notified of 401 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 244,695* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 244,695 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 8am today, 182 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 47 are in ICU. There have been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Monday (19 April) there have been 1,219,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
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 | Today's cases (to midnight 20/4/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
Ireland | 401 | 376 | 113.4 | 5,402 |
Donegal | 31 | 24 | 214.8 | 342 |
Kildare | 40 | 33 | 209.4 | 466 |
Offaly | <5 | 7 | 188.6 | 147 |
Longford | 10 | 7 | 176.2 | 72 |
Dublin | 182 | 158 | 168.3 | 2,267 |
Meath | 20 | 25 | 158.9 | 310 |
Westmeath | 9 | 9 | 129.5 | 115 |
Laois | 7 | 6 | 126.3 | 107 |
Cavan | <5 | 4 | 110.3 | 84 |
Leitrim | 0 | 3 | 96.7 | 31 |
Louth | 8 | 9 | 92.3 | 119 |
Mayo | 0 | 8 | 91.2 | 119 |
Limerick | 23 | 14 | 90.8 | 177 |
Roscommon | <5 | 3 | 83.7 | 54 |
Monaghan | <5 | 2 | 83.1 | 51 |
Galway | 9 | 13 | 79.8 | 206 |
Wicklow | <5 | 6 | 72.3 | 103 |
Tipperary | 21 | 13 | 71.4 | 114 |
Carlow | <5 | 3 | 70.3 | 40 |
Waterford | 0 | 3 | 56.8 | 66 |
Wexford | <5 | 3 | 41.4 | 62 |
Kerry | <5 | 3 | 39.9 | 59 |
Clare | <5 | 2 | 39.6 | 47 |
Cork | 22 | 13 | 37 | 201 |
Sligo | 0 | 3 | 33.6 | 22 |
Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 21.2 | 21 |