Less than 5 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 420 confirmed nationally.
The exact number of cases has not been released by NPHET.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 5, while our fourteen-day incidence
rate per 100,000 of 37 is the third lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, 3 occurred in April, 1 occurred in March, 2 in February and 5 occurred in January or earlier.
There has now been a total of 242,819* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 218 are men / 197 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 147 in Dublin, 41 in Meath, 33 in Donegal, 26 in Galway, 18 in Limerick and the remaining 155 cases are spread across all other counties**
As of 8am today, 190 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 14th, 2021, 1,121,003 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 789,526 people have received their first dose
- 331,477 people have received their second dose
