The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of fewer than five additional cases of Covid-19 in Clare and 12 additional deaths related to Covid-19 nationally. Of the deaths reported today, four occurred in April, two occurred in March and six occurred in January. The median age of those who died was 76 years and the age range was 42-91 years. There has been a total of 4,812* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday, April 13, the HPSC has been notified of 431 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
There has now been a total of 242,105** confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
204 are men / 226 are women
70% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 33 years old
160 in Dublin, 50 in Kildare, 34 in Donegal, 21 in Meath, 20 in Limerick and the remaining 146 cases are spread across 20 other counties***
As of 8am today, 192 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 49 are in ICU. 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 12, 2021, 1,076,216 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
758,763 people have received their first dose
317,453 people have received their second dose
