Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 23 April
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From Department of Health
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,867 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 22 April, the HPSC has been notified of 434 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 245,743* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
As of 8am today, 166 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. There have been 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Wednesday (21 April) there have been 1,275,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
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.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 245,743 confirmed cases reflects this.
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 22/4/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 434 | 448 | 117.4 | 5,589 |
| Donegal | 21 | 33 | 251.3 | 400 |
| Offaly | 9 | 11 | 207.8 | 162 |
| Kildare | 30 | 36 | 200.4 | 446 |
| Longford | 6 | 7 | 185.9 | 76 |
| Dublin | 217 | 195 | 172.7 | 2,327 |
| Meath | <5 | 20 | 148.7 | 290 |
| Westmeath | 11 | 10 | 137.4 | 122 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 5 | 134.2 | 43 |
| Laois | <5 | 5 | 114.5 | 97 |
| Louth | 5 | 11 | 106.3 | 137 |
| Limerick | 27 | 16 | 104.7 | 204 |
| Tipperary | 20 | 22 | 102.2 | 163 |
| Cavan | 5 | 5 | 98.5 | 75 |
| Mayo | <5 | 10 | 86.6 | 113 |
| Carlow | <5 | 3 | 79.0 | 45 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 2 | 79.0 | 51 |
| Galway | 10 | 13 | 77.9 | 201 |
| Waterford | 6 | 5 | 68.0 | 79 |
| Wicklow | 9 | 7 | 67.4 | 96 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 1 | 65.2 | 40 |
| Clare | 6 | 3 | 43.8 | 52 |
| Sligo | 0 | 5 | 41.2 | 27 |
| Wexford | <5 | 3 | 39.4 | 59 |
| Kerry | <5 | 2 | 38.6 | 57 |
| Cork | 30 | 18 | 37.9 | 206 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 1 | 21.2 | 21 |