Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 8 April
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 8 April 2021
- Last updated on: 9 April 2021
Today's cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today 2 occurred in April, 2 occurred in March and 3 occurred in February.
The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 62 - 89 years.
There has been a total of 4,737* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 deaths. The figure of 4,737 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Wednesday 7 April, the HPSC has been notified of 400 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 239,723* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,723 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 205 are men and 193 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 162 in Dublin, 61 in Kildare, 26 in Cork, 21 in Galway, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 113 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 8am today, 226 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 55 are in ICU. There have been 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Latest update on vaccines
As of last Monday (5 April) there have been 940,883 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 667,182 people have received their first dose
- 273,701 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.
County-by-county cases
- the 7-day incidence rate is 65.9
- the 5-day moving average is 408
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 7/4/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 400 | 408 | 147.3 | 7014 |
| Offaly | 12 | 10 | 346.3 | 270 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 10 | 261.3 | 232 |
| Laois | 13 | 10 | 240.9 | 204 |
| Dublin | 162 | 179 | 225.6 | 3040 |
| Kildare | 61 | 35 | 225.2 | 501 |
| Donegal | 17 | 16 | 190.3 | 303 |
| Cavan | 8 | 7 | 189 | 144 |
| Meath | 17 | 20 | 180.5 | 352 |
| Longford | 6 | 4 | 151.7 | 62 |
| Louth | 5 | 13 | 142 | 183 |
| Wicklow | 13 | 10 | 123.6 | 176 |
| Wexford | 7 | 10 | 117.6 | 176 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 9 | 109.7 | 175 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 5 | 104.3 | 64 |
| Mayo | 6 | 5 | 90.4 | 118 |
| Galway | 21 | 17 | 89.1 | 230 |
| Limerick | <5 | 8 | 85.7 | 167 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 2 | 80.6 | 52 |
| Waterford | <5 | 5 | 66.3 | 77 |
| Cork | 26 | 24 | 58.9 | 320 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Carlow | <5 | 1 | 42.2 | 24 |
| Clare | 0 | 2 | 42.1 | 50 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 29.1 | 43 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 1 | 23.2 | 23 |
| Sligo | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | 11 |