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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 31 people with COVID-19 have died.

There have now been a total of 1,190 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 11am today (Wednesday), the HPSC has been notified of 376 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 20,253 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

In Kerry, four new cases have been confirmed, bringing the number to date to 292.

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Monday (April 27) (19,723 cases), reveals:

• 58% are female and 42% are male
• the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
• 2,669 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
• Of those hospitalised, 355 cases have been admitted to ICU
• 5,568 cases are associated with healthcare workers
• Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,751 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,162 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,136 cases (6%)
• Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 34%, travel abroad accounts for 3%

“We estimate that as of Saturday (April 25) 12,222 COVID-19 cases (64%) in the community have recovered. 1,164 cases (6%) have been discharged from hospital which gives us a total recovery rate of 70%.”

Dr Kathleen MacLellan, Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Chair of NPHET Vulnerable People Subgroup, said: “Ireland remains one of the few countries globally who has collected and officially reported data from long term residential care settings from the start of the pandemic.

“From the end of March we have seen an increase in deaths in this sector that can be attributed to COVID-19.

“As we continue to collect and report mortality data coming from this sector we will have a greater understanding of the behaviour of the disease in this setting and it will help us to inform public health actions and clinical care.”