The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths notified today, 5 occurred in April, 1 in February and 1 in January. The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 67-92 years.
There has been a total of 4,915 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 4th May, the HPSC has been notified of 418 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5 in Clare. There is now a total of 251,087* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 199 are men / 214 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 167 in Dublin, 39 in Cork, 32 in Donegal, 29 in Kildare, 22 in Meath and the remaining 129 cases are spread across 20 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 137 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday May 3rd, 1,621,870 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 1,174,292 people have received their first dose
- 447,578 people have received their second dose
