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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today (Sunday) been informed that 39 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.

• 37 deaths located in the east, two in the west of the country
• The deaths included 19 females and 20 males
• The median age of today’s reported deaths is 84
• 29 people were reported as having underlying health conditions

In Kerry the figure of diagnosed cases now stands at 262.

There have now been 610 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. A summary of all 610 deaths provided by the HPSC shows that;

• 346 (57%) of those who died were male, 264 (43%) were female
• The age range is 23 - 105 years
• The median age of those who died is 83
• 337 of these cases were admitted to hospital with 46 admitted to ICU

As of 11.15am Sunday 19 April, the HPSC has been notified of the following cases;

• An additional 445 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Irish laboratories
• An additional 48 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by a laboratory in Germany

With the latest figures from Germany included, there are now a total of 15,251 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday, April 17 (14,602 cases) reveals:

• The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
• 2,223 cases (15%) have been hospitalised
• Of those hospitalised, 303 cases have been admitted to ICU
• 3,788 cases are associated with healthcare workers
• Dublin has the highest number of cases at 7,379 (51% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,028 cases (7%)
• Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 32%, travel abroad accounts for 5%