Cases by county
| Carlow | 59 | 0.5% |
| Cavan | 345 | 2.7% |
| Clare | 136 | 1% |
| Cork | 945 | 7.3% |
| Donegal | 352 | 2.7% |
| Dublin | 6567 | 50.5% |
| Galway | 266 | 2.% |
| Kerry | 254 | 2% |
| Kildare | 621 | 4.8% |
| Kilkenny | 179 | 1.4% |
| Laois | 139 | 1.1% |
| Leitrim | 46 | 0.4% |
| Limerick | 343 | 2.6% |
| Longford | 79 | 0.6% |
| Louth | 384 | 3% |
| Mayo | 259 | 2% |
| Meath | 421 | 3.2% |
| Monaghan | 166 | 1.3% |
| Offaly | 171 | 1.3% |
| Roscommon | 61 | 0.5% |
| Sligo | 69 | 0.5% |
| Tipperary | 270 | 2.1% |
| Waterford | 102 | 0.8% |
| Westmeath | 318 | 2.4% |
| Wexford | 76 | 0.6% |
| Wicklow | 384 | 3% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 14 April.
· 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%
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