Coronavirus: No further deaths and 453 new cases

There were no deaths related to COVID-19 notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.

There has been a total of 4,906 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Sunday May 2, the HPSC has been notified of 453 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 250,290* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 203 are men / 250 are women
• 78% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 25 years old

As of 8am today, 129 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 40 are in ICU.

There was five additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of May 1, 2021, 1,591,888 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 1,146,562 people have received their first dose
• 445,326 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 one confirmed case. The figure of 250,290 confirmed cases reflects this.