Another 52 people have died from Covid-19 in the Republic.
It brings the death toll here to 1,063.
The National Public Health Emergency Team says there are 377 new confirmed cases; the total number of people infected is now 18,561.
There are now 129 confirmed cases of the virus in Waterford, as of midnight on Thursday. That's an increase of 7 since Wednesday.
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Thursday 23rd April (17,420 cases), reveals:
· 57% are female and 43% are male
· The median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 2,536 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 344 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 4,847 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,010 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,103 cases (6%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 48%, close contact accounts for 48%, travel abroad accounts for 4%
