6 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 434 confirmed nationally.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 3, while our fourteen-day incidence rate per 100,000 of 43.8 is the sixth lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
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There has been a total of 4,867 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 228 are men / 204 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 217 in Dublin, 30 in Kildare, 30 in Cork, 27 in Limerick, 21 Donegal and the remaining 109 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**. As of 8am today, 166 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 21st, 2021, 1,275,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 904,774 people have received their first dose
- 371,054 people have received their second dose
