41 more people diagnosed with Covid-19 have died in the Republic.
406 people have now died here since the pandemic began.
Of the 41 people who have passed away, 25 were males and 16 were females. The median age of the patients is 85.
36 were located in the east of the country, 4 were in the west, and 1 was in the south.
31 people were reported as having underlying health conditions.
There's 832 new cases of the virus here; that includes lab results returned from Germany.
The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 11,479.
As of midnight on Sunday, there were 81 cases in Waterford. That's an increase of 8 when compared to Saturday.
As of 1pm Tuesday 14th April, the HPSC has been notified of the following cases:
·An additional 548 new confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported by Irish laboratories
·An additional 284 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported by a laboratory in Germany— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) April 14, 2020
As of midnight Monday 13th April, 90,646 tests have been carried out. Of these tests;
· 62,952 have been completed in Irish laboratories
· 27,694 completed in a laboratory in Germany
Over the past week, 20,468 tests were carried out in Irish laboratories and of these 4,233 were positive, giving a positivity rate of 21%.
Dr. Cillian De Gascun, Chair of NPHET’s Expert Advisory Group said:
“Having come through a challenging few weeks, we have significantly strengthened testing capacity and will continue to do so over the coming week, to put us in a very strong position to identify and suppress the virus.”
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre , as of midnight, Sunday 12th April (10,385 cases), reveals:
· 54% are female and 45% are male, with 408 clusters involving 1,999 cases
· The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
· 1,903 cases (18%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 275 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 2,707 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 5,438 (52% of all cases) followed by Cork with 780 cases (8%)
