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Coronavirus: 34 Death Reported Today

Friday, 9 April 2021 17:29

Covid-19 update on Friday 9th April.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 34 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today 3 occurred in April, 4 occurred in March, 19 occurred in February, 5 occurred in January, and 3 occurred in December or earlier. 

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 33 - 96 years.

There has been a total of 4,769* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 8th April, the HPSC has been notified of 473 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There is now a total of 240,192** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 224 are men / 247 are women
  • 76% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 29 years old
  • 229 in Dublin, 32 in Kildare, 21 in Mayo, 19 in Meath, 30 in Donegal and the remaining 142 cases are spread across 19 other counties***.

As of 8am today, 212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of April 6th 2021, 961,887 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 679,844 people have received their first dose
  • 282,043 people have received their second dose

 

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “Anyone exposed to COVID-19 over the Easter weekend will now be at their most infectious - please isolate and contact your GP to arrange a test if you have any symptoms of COVID-19."

 

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 1 death. The figure of 4,738 deaths reflects this.

 

** Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 239,727 confirmed cases reflects this.

 

*** County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.

 

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 08 April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 08Apr2021)

  

5 day moving average (to midnight 08Apr2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (26Mar2021 to 08Apr2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (26Mar2021 to 08Apr2021)

  

Ireland

  

473

  

411

  

144.9

  

6901

  

Offaly

  

13

  

10

  

323.2

  

252

  

Westmeath

  

12

  

10

  

239.9

  

213

  

Laois

  

7

  

9

  

231.4

  

196

  

Dublin

  

229

  

190

  

226.9

  

3057

  

Kildare

  

32

  

35

  

220.2

  

490

  

Cavan

  

13

  

9

  

193

  

147

  

Donegal

  

30

  

18

  

192.8

  

307

  

Meath

  

19

  

18

  

173.8

  

339

  

Longford

  

<5

  

3

  

139.5

  

57

  

Louth

  

5

  

10

  

131.1

  

169

  

Wicklow

  

10

  

10

  

121.5

  

173

  

Monaghan

  

7

  

6

  

112.4

  

69

  

Wexford

  

<5

  

8

  

104.9

  

157

  

Tipperary

  

8

  

8

  

104

  

166

  

Mayo

  

21

  

8

  

95.8

  

125

  

Galway

  

18

  

17

  

86.4

  

223

  

Limerick

  

13

  

8

  

81.1

  

158

  

Roscommon

  

6

  

2

  

74.4

  

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