Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 17 April

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in April.

There has been a total of 4,835 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 16 April, the HPSC has been notified of 420 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 243,238* 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 243,238 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 211 are men and 206 are women
• 74% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 32 years old

As of 8am today, 183 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 50 are in ICU. There have been 7 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Thursday (15 April) there have been 1,155,599 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 814,470 people have received their first dose
• 341,129 people have received their second dose

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.

• The 5-day moving average is 386.