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THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19. There has been a total of 4,919 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday, May 7, the HPSC has been notified of 408 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 252,303* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
205 are men / 202 are women
77% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 31 years old
As of 8am today, 110 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of May 6, 1,746,912 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,267,167 people have received their first dose
479,745 people have received their second dose
