Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 9 April
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 34 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today:
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.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,769 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Thursday 8 April, the HPSC has been notified of 473 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 240,192* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 240,192 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 8am today, 212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. There have been 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Tuesday (6 April) there have been 961,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
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 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 8/4/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 473 | 411 | 144.9 | 6,901 |
| Offaly | 13 | 10 | 323.2 | 252 |
| Westmeath | 12 | 10 | 239.9 | 213 |
| Laois | 7 | 9 | 231.4 | 196 |
| Dublin | 229 | 190 | 226.9 | 3,057 |
| Kildare | 32 | 35 | 220.2 | 490 |
| Cavan | 13 | 9 | 193 | 147 |
| Donegal | 30 | 18 | 192.8 | 307 |
| Meath | 19 | 18 | 173.8 | 339 |
| Longford | <5 | 3 | 139.5 | 57 |
| Louth | 5 | 10 | 131.1 | 169 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 10 | 121.5 | 173 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 6 | 112.4 | 69 |
| Wexford | <5 | 8 | 104.9 | 157 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 8 | 104 | 166 |
| Mayo | 21 | 8 | 95.8 | 125 |
| Galway | 18 | 17 | 86.4 | 223 |
| Limerick | 13 | 8 | 81.1 | 158 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 2 | 74.4 | 48 |
| Cork | 14 | 18 | 58.4 | 317 |
| Waterford | <5 | 5 | 56.8 | 66 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Clare | <5 | 2 | 44.6 | 53 |
| Carlow | 0 | 1 | 40.4 | 23 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 30.5 | 45 |
| Sligo | <5 | 1 | 21.4 | 14 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 20.2 | 20 |