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Five more confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kerry
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 52 people with COVID-19 have died, of which 42 were laboratory confirmed.
There have now been a total of 1,063* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 1pm today (Saturday), the HPSC has been notified of 377 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 18,561 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
In Kerry, the figure stands at 276, an increase of five.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday (April 23) (17,420 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
- 2,536 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 344 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 4,847 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,010 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,103 cases (6%)
- Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 48%, close contact accounts for 48%, travel abroad accounts for 4%
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 1,063 deaths reflects this.
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