5 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 617 confirmed nationally.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 3, while our fourteen-day incidence rate per 100,000 of 44.6 is the fifth lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
7 deaths occurred in April, 1 in March, 1 in February and 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 62 – 104 years.
As of April 20th, 2021, 1,240,965 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 878,823 people have received their first dose
- 362,142 people have received their second dose
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “We are in a strong position in that transmission levels have reduced substantially and the roll-out of vaccination is protecting more and more of those at risk from the severe effects of COVID-19.
“If we can maintain our current position there is hope that we can look forward to a real easing of measures, but it is as important as ever that we don’t put that progress at risk by letting our collective guard down too much, or too early.”
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group said; “The R number is estimated as being very close to 1.0. We continue to keep close contacts at 2.6 – a phenomenal testament to the public in keeping social transmission low. All indicators of the disease are stable or declining slowly, though we may see an increase in cases over the coming days. Maintaining this over the coming weeks is key to managing community transmission, and a move towards easing of measures.”
