Coronavirus: One further death and 270 new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of one additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,948 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 8 November, the HPSC has been notified of 270 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 65,659 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
-143 are men and 127 are women
-69% are under 45 years of age
-the median age is 34 years old
-103 in Dublin, 34 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 12 in Cork, 9 in Kerry, 9 in Kilkenny and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2pm today, 291 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU.
There have been 12 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.
