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11 more deaths and 390 new cases of Covid-19 reported

Apr 20, 2021 18:07 By Shannonside News
11 more deaths and 390 new cases of Covid-19 reported
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Despite an outbreak in a local town and a subsequent jump in cases yesterday, Leitrim recorded no new cases of the virus today.

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths notified today, 4 occurred in April, 2 in March, 4 in February and 1 in January.

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The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 50-93 years.

There has been a total of 4,847 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 19th April, the HPSC has been notified of 390 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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There has now been a total of 244,297* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

This evening has seen 8 new cases of the virus confirmed in Longford and less than five in Roscommon.

There have been no cases identified in Leitrim today.

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Of the cases notified today:

  • 215 are men / 174 are women
  • 67% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 172 in Dublin, 42 in Kildare, 21 in Meath, 20 in Tipperary, 18 in Donegal and the remaining 117 cases are spread across 19 other counties.**
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As of 8am today, 179 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of April 18th, 2021, 1,208,459 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

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  • 855,512 people have received their first dose
  • 352,947 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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