Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 4 occurred in April, 2 occurred in February and 2 occurred in January or earlier.

The median age of those who died was 79 years and the age range was 43-92 years.

There has been a total of 4,820 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Wednesday 14th April, the HPSC has been notified of 309 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 242,402* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 168 are men / 141 are women
  • 71% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 35 years old
  • 107 in Dublin, 30 in Kildare, 14 in Offaly, 21 in Meath,14 in Limerick and the remaining 104 cases are spread across 18 other counties**

As of 8am today, 184 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 51 are in ICU. 22 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of April 13th, 2021, 1,094,964 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 769,721 people have received their first dose
  • 325,243 people have received their second dose

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 12 confirmed cases. The figure of 242,402confirmed cases reflects this.

**County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.

  • 7-day incidence 57.0
  • 5-day moving average 358

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 14th April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.

 

CountyToday’s cases**

(to midnight 14Apr2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 14Apr 2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 14Apr 2021)

Ireland309358122.65,837
Offaly1412236184
Kildare3032208.1463
Dublin107149191.82,584
Donegal2526185.9296
Laois87178.3151
Westmeath96153.2136
Longford54141.958
Cavan57139.2106
Meath515136.9267
Louth6899.3128
Wicklow5699141
Monaghan<5396.159
Mayo8889.7117
Roscommon0488.357
Galway131081.4210
Limerick141470.3137
Waterford1586879
Wexford6666.8100
Tipperary<5466.4106
Leitrim<5365.521
Cork121149.6269
Kerry<5643.364
Carlow<5342.224
Clare543744
Kilkenny<5223.223
Sligo0019.813

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