There are 434 new cases of Covid-19 and one additional death this evening.
6 of today's confirmed cases are in Waterford, which has brought the county's 14-day incidence rate back down to 68 cases per 100,000 people.
Today's total is a big drop from yesterday, when 617 cases were reported.
There are 166 people in hospital with the virus - the lowest in over six months - with 48 in intensive care.
Today's full statement reads as follows:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,867 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 22nd April, the HPSC has been notified of 434 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 245,743* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 228 are men / 204 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 217 in Dublin, 30 in Kildare, 30 in Cork, 27 in Limerick, 21 Donegal and the remaining 109 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**
As of 8am today, 166 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 48 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 21st, 2021, 1,275,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 904,774 people have received their first dose
- 371,054 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 1 confirmed case. The figure of 245,743 confirmed 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.
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 22 April 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
|
County |
Today's cases (to midnight 22Apr2021) |
5 day moving average (to midnight 22Apr2021) |
14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days (09Apr2021 to 22Apr2021) |
|
Ireland |
434 |
448 |
117.4 |
5,589 |
|
Donegal |
21 |
33 |
251.3 |
400 |
|
Offaly |
9 |
11 |
207.8 |
162 |
|
Kildare |
30 |
36 |
200.4 |
446 |
|
Longford |
6 |
7 |
185.9 |
76 |
|
Dublin |
217 |
195 |
172.7 |
2,327 |
|
Meath |
<5 |
20 |
148.7 |
290 |
|
Westmeath |
11 |
10 |
137.4 |
122 |
|
Leitrim |
<5 |
5 |
134.2 |
43 |
|
Laois |
<5 |
5 |
114.5 |
97 |
|
Louth |
5 |
11 |
106.3 |
137 |
|
Limerick |
27 |
16 |
104.7 |
204 |
|
Tipperary |
20 |
22 |
102.2 |
163 |
|
Cavan |
5 |
5 |
98.5 |
75 |
|
Mayo |
<5 |
10 |
86.6 |
113 |
|
Carlow |
<5 |
3 |
79.0 |
45 |
|
Roscommon |
<5 |
2 |
79.0 |
51 |
|
Galway |
10 |
13 |
77.9 |
201 |
|
Waterford |
6 |
5 |
68.0 |
79 |
|
Wicklow |
9 |
7 |
67.4 |
96 |
|
Monaghan |
<5 |
1 |
65.2 |
40 |
|
Clare |
6 |
3 |
43.8 |
52 |
|
Sligo |
0 |
5 |
41.2 |
27 |
|
Wexford |
<5 |
3 |
39.4 |
59 |
|
Kerry |
<5 |
2 |
38.6 |
57 |
|
Cork |
30 |
18 |
37.9 |
206 |
|
Kilkenny |
<5 |
1 |
21.2 |
21 |
~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.
