A good Friday as Clare records fewer than five additional cases of Covid-19 once again

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of fewer than five additional cases of Covid-19 in Clare and eight additional deaths related to Covid-19 nationally. Four deaths occurred in March, four in February.The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 to 94 years. There has been a total of 4,713 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday, April 1, the HPSC has been notified of 591 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 237,187* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 292 are men / 295 are women
• 72% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 31 years old
• 288 in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 30 in Meath, 28 in Westmeath, 27 in Laois and the remaining 178 cases are spread across 19 other counties**.

As of 8am today, 264 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 62 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 30, 2021, 840,561 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 603,802 people have received their first dose
• 236,759 people have received their second dose