THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of two additional cases of Covid-19 in Clare and four additional deaths related to Covid-19 nationally. There has been a total of 4,903 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight, Thursday, April 29, the HPSC has been notified of 545 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 248,870* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. Of the cases notified today: 294 are men / 244 are women 77% are under 45 years of age The median age is 29 years old 264 in Dublin, 58 in Kildare, 50 in Cork, 29 in Donegal, 28 in Galway and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 21 other counties**. As of 8am today, 139 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 44 are in ICU. 8 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. As of April 28, 2021, 1,487,043 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland: 1,067,378 people have …
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