Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 2 May

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

There has been a total of 4,906* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,906 reflects this.)

As of midnight Saturday 1 May, the HPSC has been notified of 402 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 249,838* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 case. The figure of 249,838 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 220 are men and 182 are women
• 79% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 31.5 years old

As of 8am today, 127 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. There have been 6 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours

As of last Friday (30 April), there have been 1,572,779 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 1,130,958 people have received their first dose
• 441,821 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 472.