The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,213 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 28th December, the HPSC has been notified of 1,546 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 88,439 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
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Of the cases notified today:
- 757 are men / 788 are women
- 66% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 444 in Dublin, 203 in Cork, 111 in Louth, 87 in Limerick, 85 in Donegal and the remaining 616 cases are spread across all other counties. Eleven new cases have been confirmed in Roscommon and six in Longford, and fewer than five in Longford
As of 2pm today, 411 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 47 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
