Statement from the Department of Health - Tuesday 19 April

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 778 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 18 April, 1,641* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

• on Friday 15 April, the HPSC was notified of 1,788 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2,013* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Saturday 16 April, the HPSC was notified of 1,666 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 1,459* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Sunday 17 April, the HPSC was notified of 852 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 1,270* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Monday 18 April, the HPSC was notified of 1,668 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 1,351* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day

As of 8am today, 750 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 44 are in ICU.

• These data are provisional and are not directly comparable with laboratory PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases registered through the HSE Covid Care Tracker.

Data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases and deaths is available on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub.

Additional data on vaccination, hospital, ICU and local electoral areas is available on Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.

See the latest public health advice.