5 New Cases Of Covid 19 In Clare- 393 Cases Nationally

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths notified today 3 occurred in May, 2 occurred in March and 3 occurred in February or earlier.

The median age of those who died was 79 years and the age range was 55 – 97 years.

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There has been a total of 4,921* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Wednesday 5th May, the HPSC has been notified of 393 confirmed cases of COVID-19 including 5 new cases in Clare.

There is now a total of 251,474** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 175 are men / 211 are women
  • 79% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 28 years old
  • 173 in Dublin, 42 in Cork, 34 in Kildare, 26 in Donegal, 15 in Meath and the remaining 103 cases are spread across 20 other counties***.

As of 8am today, 131 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 36 are in ICU. 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 As of Tuesday 4th May, 1,655,866 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 1,201,373 people have received their first dose

  • 454,493 people have received their second dose