The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of four additional deaths related to Covid-19. Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in April. There has been a total of 4,835 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday, April 16, the HPSC has been notified of 420 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There has now been a total of 243,238* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
211 are men / 206 are women
74% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 32 years old
As of 8am today, 183 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 50 are in ICU. 7 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 15, 2021, 1,155,599 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
814,470 people have received their first dose
341,129 people have received their second dose
