Coronavirus: Eight further deaths and 309 new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of eight additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, four occurred in April, two occurred in February and two occurred in January or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 79 years and the age range was 43 to 92 years.
There has been a total of 4,820 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Wednesday, April 14, the HPSC has been notified of 309 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 242,402* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
As of 8am today, 184 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 51 are in ICU.
There has been 22 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 13, 1,094,964 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland; 769,721 people have received their first dose and 325,243 people have received their second dose.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 12 confirmed cases. The figure of 242,402 confirmed cases reflects this.
