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Coronavirus: One Death, 434 Cases Recorded Today

Friday, 23 April 2021 16:26

Covid-19 update on Friday 23rd April.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,867 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 22nd April, the HPSC has been notified of 434 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 245,743* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 228 are men / 204 are women
  • 74% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 31 years old
  • 217 in Dublin, 30 in Kildare, 30 in Cork, 27 in Limerick, 21 Donegal and the remaining 109 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**

As of 8am today, 166 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of April 21st, 2021, 1,275,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 904,774 people have received their first dose
  • 371,054 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 1 confirmed case. The figure of 245,743 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.

 

  • 7-day incidence 61.5
  • 5-day moving average 448

 

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 22 April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 22Apr2021)

  

5 day moving average (to midnight 22Apr2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021)

  

Ireland

  

434

  

448

  

117.4

  

5,589

  

Donegal

  

21

  

33

  

251.3

  

400

  

Offaly

  

9

  

11

  

207.8

  

162

  

Kildare

  

30

  

36

  

200.4

  

446

  

Longford

  

6

  

7

  

185.9

  

76

  

Dublin

  

217

  

195

  

172.7

  

2,327

  

Meath

  

<5

  

20

  

148.7

  

290

  

Westmeath

  

11

  

10

  

137.4

  

122

  

Leitrim

  

<5

  

5

  

134.2

  

43

  

Laois

  

<5

  

5

  

114.5

  

97

  

Louth

  

5

  

11

  

106.3

  

137

  

Limerick

  

27

  

16

  

104.7

  

204

  

Tipperary

  

20

  

22

  

102.2

  

163

  

Cavan

  

5

  

5

  

98.5

  

75

  

Mayo

  

<5

  

10

  

86.6

  

113

  

Carlow

  

<5

  

3

  

79.0

  

45

  

Roscommon

  

<5

  

2

  

79.0

  

51

  

Galway

  

10

  

13

  

77.9

  

201

  

Waterford

  

6

  

5

  

68.0

  

79

  

Wicklow

  

9

  

7

  

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