The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, 4 occurred in April, 2 occurred in March and 6 occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 76 years and the age range was 42-91 years.
There has been a total of 4,812* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 13th April, the HPSC has been notified of 431 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 242,105** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 204 are men / 226 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 160 in Dublin, 50 in Kildare, 34 in Donegal, 21 in Meath, 20 in Limerick and the remaining 146 cases are spread across 20 other counties***
As of 8am today, 192 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 49 are in ICU. 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 12th, 2021, 1,076,216 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 758,763 people have received their first dose
- 317,453 people have received their second dose
TheCOVID-19 Dashboard 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.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 4,812 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 10 confirmed cases. The figure of 242,105 confirmed cases reflects this.
***County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.
- 7-day incidence 58.8
- 5-day moving average 388
Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 13 April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
County | Today's cases (to midnight 13Apr2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 13Apr2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (31Mar2021 to 13Apr2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (31Mar2021 to 13Apr2021) |
Ireland | 431 | 388 | 132 | 6,286 |
Offaly | 9 | 13 | 257.8 | 201 |
Kildare | 50 | 33 | 215.3 | 479 |
Dublin | 160 | 167 | 211.2 | 2,846 |
Laois | 9 | 9 | 188.9 | 160 |
Donegal | 34 | 24 | 179 | 285 |
Westmeath | <5 | 8 | 176.9 | 157 |
Meath | 21 | 21 | 162 | 316 |
Cavan | 8 | 6 | 145.7 | 111 |
Longford | 9 | 5 | 139.5 | 57 |
Louth | 11 | 8 | 114.8 | 148 |
Monaghan | <5 | 3 | 104.3 | 64 |
Wicklow | <5 | 7 | 97.6 | 139 |
Mayo | 8 | 8 | 95.8 | 125 |
Roscommon | 5 | 5 | 91.4 | 59 |
Galway | 12 | 14 | 83.3 | 215 |
Limerick | 20 | 13 | 77 | 150 |
Tipperary | <5 | 5 | 73.3 | 117 |
Wexford | 9 | 5 | 70.1 | 105 |
Leitrim | <5 | 2 | 59.3 | 19 |
Waterford | 5 | 5 | 58.5 | 68 |
Cork | 17 | 14 | 54.9 | 298 |
Kerry | 11 | 6 | 44 | 65 |
Carlow | 8 | 3 | 40.4 | 23 |
Clare | <5 | 4 | 37 | 44 |
Sligo | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 14 |
Kilkenny | 5 | 2 | 21.2 | 21 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.