Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 8 May

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,919 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 7 May, the HPSC has been notified of 408 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 252,303* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 9 cases. The figure of 252,303 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 205 are men and 202 are women
• 77% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 31 years old

As of 8am today, 110 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Thursday (6 May) there have been 1,746,912 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 1,267,167 people have received their first dose
• 479,745 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 406.