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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today 2 occurred in April, 2 occurred in March and 3 occurred in February. 

The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 62 - 89 years.

There has been a total of 4,737* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Wednesday 7th April, the HPSC has been notified of 400 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There is now a total of 239,723** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 205 are men / 193 are women
  • 72% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 35 years old
  • 162 in Dublin, 61 in Kildare, 26 in Cork, 21 in Galway, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 113 cases are spread across 18 other counties***.

 

As of 8am today, 226 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 55 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of April 5th 2021, 940,883 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 667,182 people have received their first dose
  • 273,701 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.

 

ENDS//

 

* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 deaths. The figure of 4,737 deaths reflects this.

 

** Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,723 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.

 

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 7th April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

Today's cases***

(to midnight 7Apr2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 7Apr 2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 7Apr 2021)

Ireland

400

408

147.3

7014

Offaly

12

10

346.3

270

Westmeath

<5

10

261.3

232

Laois

13

10

240.9

204

Dublin

162

179

225.6

3040

Kildare

61

35

225.2

501

Donegal

17

16

190.3

303

Cavan

8

7

189

144

Meath

17

20

180.5

352

Longford

6

4

151.7

62

Louth

5

13

142

183

Wicklow

13

10

123.6

176

Wexford

7

10

117.6

176

Tipperary

<5

9

109.7

175

Monaghan

7

5

104.3

64

Mayo

6

5

90.4

118

Galway

21

17

89.1

230

Limerick

<5

8

85.7

167

Roscommon

<5

2

80.6

52

Waterford

<5

5

66.3

77

Cork

26

24

58.9

320

Leitrim

<5

1

53.1

17

Carlow

<5

1

42.2

24

Clare

0

2

42.1

50

Kerry

<5

3

29.1

43

Kilkenny

0

1

23.2

23

Sligo

0

1

16.8

11

~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.

 

  • the 7-day incidence rate is 65.9
  • the 5-day moving average is 408