The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 542 confirmed cases.
The national 14-day incidence rate is down again, to 175 infections per 100,000 of the population.
In Waterford, there were less than five cases on Covid-19 reported, and the incidence rate of the virus in the county is now 148.1.
There has now been a total of 1,947 COVID-19 related deaths and a total of 65,394* confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland.
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Of the cases notified today;
- 277 are men / 264 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 181 in Dublin, 59 in Donegal, 50 in Limerick, 36 in Cork, 25 in Kildare, and the remaining 191 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
