The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 43 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
· 34 deaths located in the east, 4 in the west, 5 in the south of the country
· the people included 22 males and 21 females
· the median age of today’s reported deaths is 84
· 27 people were reported as having underlying health conditions
There have now been 486* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 1pm Wednesday 15th April, the HPSC has been notified of the following cases;
· An additional 629 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Irish laboratories
· An additional 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by a laboratory in Germany
With the latest figures from Germany included, there are now a total of 13,271 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
There are 320 cases in Donegal, a rise in 24 on previous day’s figure (296)