COVID 19 UPDATE: There have been 591 new confirmed cases - 19 here in Cork

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
4 deaths occurred in March, 4 in February.
The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 - 94 years.
There has been a total of 4,713 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 1st April, the HPSC has been notified of 591 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 237,187* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 292 are men / 295 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 288 in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 30 in Meath, 28 in Westmeath, 27 in Laois and the remaining 178 cases are spread across 19 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 264 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 62 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 30th 2021, 840,561 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 603,802 people have received their first dose
- 236,759 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.
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