The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
1 of these deaths occurred in March, and 1 occurred in April.
As of midnight, Saturday 10th April, the HPSC has been notified of 303 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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There has now been a total of 240,945* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 167 are men / 135 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn, Department of Health, said: “There are many reasons for hope as we head into a new week;
- This is the lowest number of daily cases reported since mid December. People’s efforts continue to make a real difference; by keeping our social contacts low we are making it much harder for COVID-19 to spread
- This morning we had the lowest number of people newly hospitalised with COVID-19 since the end of November
- Last week the millionth vaccine was given and this week should see a step-change in the number of doses administered
- All of our children are going back to school tomorrow
- From tomorrow we can travel within our county.
