Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 12 May

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths notified today:

• 3 occurred in March
• 2 occurred in February
• 3 occurred in January or earlier

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 40 – 92 years.

There has been a total of 4,937 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Tuesday 11 May, the HPSC has been notified of 448 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 254,013* 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 254,013 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 213 are men and 230 are women
• 78% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 29 years old
• 229 in Dublin, 38 in Meath, 35 in Kildare, 34 in Cork, 16 in Limerick and the remaining 96 cases are spread across 16 other counties

As of 8am today, 109 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. There have been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of Tuesday 11th May, 1,922,913 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 1,408,105 people have received their first dose
• 514,808 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 7-day incidence rate is 62
• the 5-day moving average is 426