455 additional cases of Covid-19 confirmed nationally

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 14 additional deaths related to Covid-19 nationally
Of the deaths reported today three occurred in April, one occurred in March, six occurred in February, and four occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 72.5 years and the age range was 55 to 90 years.
There has been a total of 4,783 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday, April9, the HPSC has been notified of 455 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
There has now been a total of 240,643* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
212 are men / 237 are women
77% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 30 years old
As of 8am today, 208 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 52 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 7, 2021, 1,018,264 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
716,636 people have received their first dose
301,628 people have received their second dose