Coronavirus: 13 further deaths and 456 cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 2,099 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 4 December, the HPSC has been notified of *456 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 73,948 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 219 are men and 235 are women
- 59% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 39 years old
- 197 in Dublin, 37 in Donegal, 33 in Limerick, 21 in Louth, 20 in Kilkenny and the remaining 148 cases are spread across 21 other counties
As of 2pm today, 231 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. There have been five additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
*According to today’s statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), a technical issue that delayed uploading of laboratory results to the HPSC has been resolved.
It led to a reduced number of cases reported in recent days.
The reporting is reflected in a higher number of cases today.
There has been no impact on the management of cases or the timeliness of contact tracing. Day on day variations such as these are taken into account in all epidemiological analyses, NPHET said.
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