Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 24 April

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,872 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 23 April, the HPSC has been notified of 461 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 246,204 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 235 are men and 224 are women
• 75% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 28 years old

As of 8am today, 162 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 46 are in ICU. There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Thursday (22 April) there have been 1,317,165 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 934,980 people have received their first dose
• 382,185 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 460.