Three further Covid-19 related deaths in the North West

·        33 deaths located in the east, 3 in the north west, 3 in the south and 5 in the west of the country
·        The deaths included 19 females and 25 males
·        The median age of today’s reported deaths is 84
·        25 people were reported as having underlying health conditions
There have now been 530 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. A summary of all 530 deaths provided by the HPSC shows that;
·        308 (58%) of those who died were male, 222 (42%) were female
·        The age range is 23 – 105 years
·        The median age of those who died is 83
·        316 of these cases were admitted to hospital with 45 admitted to ICU

As of 11.15am Friday 17 April, the HPSC has been notified of the following cases;
·        An additional 597 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Irish laboratories
·        An additional 112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by a laboratory in Germany
With the latest figures from Germany included, there are now a total of 13,980 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Wednesday, 15 April (13,012 cases) reveals:
·        44% are male and 55% are female, with 436 clusters involving 2,723 cases
·        The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
·        2,082 cases (16%) have been hospitalised
·        Of those hospitalised, 294 cases have been admitted to ICU
·        3,347 cases are associated with healthcare workers
·        Dublin has the highest number of cases at 6,567 (51% of all cases) followed by Cork with 945 cases (7%)
·        Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 53%, close contact accounts for 42%, travel abroad accounts for 5%