Fewer than 5 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 448 confirmed nationally.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 3.6, while our fourteen-day incidence rate per 100,000 of 40.4 is the fifth lowest in the country.
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 March, 2 occurred in February and 3 occurred in January or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 40 – 92 years.
As of 8am today, 109 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday 10th May, 1,882,635 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 1,376,583 people have received their first dose
- 506,052 people have received their second dose
