THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of three additional deaths related to Covid-19. There has been a total of 4,906 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday, April 30, the HPSC has been notified of 569 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
There has now been a total of 249,437* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
268 are men / 290 are women
78% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 26 years old
As of 8am today, 123 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. 5 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 29, 2021, 1,527,844 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,097,742 people have received their first dose
430,102 people have received their second dose
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.