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COVID-19: 434 new cases - 6 in Waterford

COVID-19: 434 new cases - 6 in Waterford

There are 434 new cases of Covid-19 and one additional death this evening.

6 of today's confirmed cases are in Waterford, which has brought the county's 14-day incidence rate back down to 68 cases per 100,000 people.

Today's total is a big drop from yesterday, when 617 cases were reported.

There are 166 people in hospital with the virus - the lowest in over six months - with 48 in intensive care.

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Today's full statement reads as follows:

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.

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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

67.4

96

Monaghan

<5

1

65.2

40

Clare

6

3

43.8

52

Sligo

0

5

41.2

27

Wexford

<5

3

39.4

59

Kerry

<5

2

38.6

57

Cork

30

18

37.9

206

Kilkenny

<5

1

21.2

21

~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.

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