Fewer than 5 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 474 confirmed nationally.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 3, while our fourteen-day incidence rate per 100,000 of 40.4 is the fourth lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,899 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 239 are men / 232 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 167 in Dublin, 39 in Kildare, 37 in Cork, 36 in Donegal, 29 in Meath and the remaining 166 cases are spread across all other counties**.
As of 8am today, 155 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 44 are in ICU. 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 27 2021, 1,452,434 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 1,041,284 people have received their first dose
- 411,150 people have received their second dose