National News April 6th 2021.
Latest figures:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
3 of these deaths occurred in January, 2 in February, 3 in March and 1 in April.
There has been a total of 4,727 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 5th April, the HPSC has been notified of 443 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 238,907* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 239 are men / 203 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 208 in Dublin, 32 in Cork, 24 in Kildare, 20 in Meath, 17 in Donegal and the remaining 142 spread across 19 other counties. **
As of 8am today, 261 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 60 are in ICU. 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 3rd 2021, 932,324 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 660,800 people have received their first dose
- 271,524 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 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 238,907 confirmed cases reflects this.
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County |
Today's cases** (to midnight 5Apr2021) |
5-Day Moving Average of New Cases |
14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 5Apr 2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days (to 5Apr 2021) |
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Ireland |
443 |
463 |
157.1 |
7482 |
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Offaly |
11 |
15 |
407.9 |
318 |
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Westmeath |
10 |
13 |
260.2 |
231 |
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Donegal |
17 |
18 |
246.2 |
392 |
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Laois |
12 |
16 |
244.4 |
207 |
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Dublin |
208 |
213 |
240.1 |
3,235 |
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|
Kildare |
24 |
27 |
218.9 |
487 |
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Cavan |
8 |
9 |
200.9 |
153 |
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Meath |
20 |
20 |
193.8 |
378 |
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Louth |
8 |
13 |
162.9 |
210 |
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Longford |
<5 |
3 |
156.6 |
64 |
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Tipperary |
13 |
10 |
129.7 |
207 |
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Wexford |
8 |
9 |
122.2 |
183 |
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Wicklow |
14 |
15 |
116.6 |
166 |
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Roscommon |
<5 |
5 |
100.7 |
65 |
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Mayo |
8 |
7 |
97.3 |
127 |
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Limerick |
9 |
6 |
91.3 |
178 |
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|
Monaghan |
The figures come from MyHome's Property Report for Q4 of 2024.
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