Coronavirus: Eight further deaths and 329 new cases

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of eight additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,134 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Monday 14 December, the HPSC has been notified of 329 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 76,776 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

162 are men and 166 are women
64% are under 45 years of age
the median age is 37 years old
86 in Dublin, 41 in Louth, 34 in Donegal, 25 in Limerick, 17 in Kildare and the remaining 126 cases are spread across another 20 counties

As of 2pm today, 196 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 13 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.

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