A further 13 deaths and 371 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic.
Of the deaths reported on Wednesday, three occurred in April, three in March, and seven in February or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 60 - 95 years.
11 of today's cases were in Waterford, 131 in Dublin, 38 in Kildare, 33 in Donegal, 18 in Cork, 17 in Meath and the remaining 123 cases are spread across 16 other counties.
Of the cases notified today, 190 are men while 181 are women. 77% are under 45 years of age and the median age is 28 years old.
The 14-day incidence rate in Waterford is still well below the national average at 69.7 cases per 100,000 people, with the national rate at 121.
The 5-day moving average number of cases in Waterford is six.
There has been a total of 4,896* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland a total of 247,857 confirmed cases.
As of 8am today, 153 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 45 are in ICU with 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 26th, 2021, 1,417,942 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 1,014,640 people have received their first dose
- 403,302 people have received their second dose
