There’s been a further 38 deaths from COVID-19 since yesterday (Tuesday), and there’s now 226 diagnosed cases in Kerry – which is up 7.

This evening (Wednesday), the Health Protection Surveillance Centre revealed that there’s now 1,068 new cases in Ireland which includes tests results from both Ireland and Germany.

And with the latest figures from Germany included, there are now a total of 12,547 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the deaths;

• 29 deaths located in the east, six in the west, three in the south of the country
• the people included 22 males and 16 females
• the median age of today’s reported deaths is 84
• 28 people were reported as having underlying health conditions

There have now been 444 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 1pm Wednesday, the HPSC has been notified of the following cases;

• An additional 657 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Irish laboratories
• An additional 411 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by a laboratory in Germany

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Monday, April 13 (11,261 cases), reveals:

• 55% are female and 45% are male, with 413 clusters involving 2,244 cases
• the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
• 1,968 cases (18%) have been hospitalised
• Of those hospitalised, 280 cases have been admitted to ICU
• 2,872 cases are associated with healthcare workers
• Dublin has the highest number of cases at 5,850 (52% of all cases) followed by Cork with 829 cases (7%)
• Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 52%, close contact accounts for 42%, travel abroad accounts for 6%

“We are continuing to monitor the course of this disease across a range of indicators – not only in the number of confirmed cases and deaths reported but also through hospital and ICU admissions, clusters and patterns of transmission,” Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said.

“While a number of these parameters are going in a positive direction, it is clear that we need to keep going in our efforts, on an individual level, to limit the spread of this virus.”