Coronavirus: Seven further deaths and 243 new cases

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

There has been a total of 2,050 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 27 November, the HPSC has been notified of 243 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 71,942 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

137 are men and 104 are women
71% are under 45 years of age
the median age is 32 years old
91 in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 18 in Cork, 16 in Waterford, 15 in Limerick, and the remaining 77 cases are spread across another 18 counties

As of 2pm today, 254 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 20 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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