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No new increase in COVID-19 cases today (Saturday)
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today (Saturday) been informed that a total of 18 people with COVID-19 have died.
There have now been a total 1,446* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 11am, the HPSC has been notified of 219 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 22,760 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
In Kerry, there’s no new increase today, with the figure still standing at 303 cases.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday, May 7 (22,495 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
- 2,954 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 381 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 6,669 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,948 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,317 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,205 cases (5%)
- Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact accounts for 35%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 1,446 deaths reflects this.
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