A medical professional prepares to test, in their car, a visitor to a COVID-19 test area at St Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny.
Cases by county
| Carlow | 91 | 0.5% |
| Cavan | 574 | 3.1% |
| Clare | 209 | 1.1% |
| Cork | 1110 | 6% |
| Donegal | 446 | 2.4% |
| Dublin | 9224 | 50% |
| Galway | 332 | 1.8% |
| Kerry | 277 | 1.5% |
| Kildare | 1028 | 5.6% |
| Kilkenny | 230 | 1.2% |
| Laois | 205 | 1.1% |
| Leitrim | 64 | 0.3% |
| Limerick | 442 | 2.4% |
| Longford | 124 | 0.7% |
| Louth | 597 | 3.2% |
| Mayo | 435 | 2.4% |
| Meath | 613 | 3.3% |
| Monaghan | 350 | 1.9% |
| Offaly | 225 | 1.2% |
| Roscommon | 116 | 0.6% |
| Sligo | 104 | 0.6% |
| Tipperary | 346 | 1.9% |
| Waterford | 135 | 0.7% |
| Westmeath | 437 | 2.4% |
| Wexford | 156 | 0.8% |
| Wicklow | 568 | 3.0% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 26 people with Covid-19 have died, of which 23 were laboratory confirmed.
There have now been a total of 1,087* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 1pm Sunday 26th April, the HPSC has been notified of 701 new confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 19,262 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
There are 446 caases in Donegal, up nine on the previous day’s figure (437)
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 24th April (18,431 cases), reveals:
· 57% are female and 42% are male
· the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 2,576 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 349 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 5,064 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,224 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,110 cases (6%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 33%, travel abroad accounts for 4%
Receive quality journalism wherever you are, on any device. Keep up to date from the comfort of your own home with a digital subscription.
Any time | Any place | Anywhere
SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT EDITION TODAY
and get access to our archive editions dating back to 2007(CLICK ON THE TITLE BELOW TO SUBSCRIBE)