The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
THERE were no deaths related to Covid-19 notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 4,906 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Sunday, May 2, the HPSC has been notified of 453 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 250,290* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
203 are men / 250 are women
78% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 25 years old
As of 8am today, 129 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 40 are in ICU. 5 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of May 1, 2021, 1,591,888 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,146,562 people have received their first dose
445,326 people have received their second dose
