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16th Apr 2021

11 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, 420 new cases

Stephen Porzio

Breakdown of Ireland restrictions

Over 1,100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported that 11 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland.

The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 420 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country.

Of the deaths reported today, three occurred in April, one occurred in March, two occurred in February and five occurred in January or earlier.

The median age of those who died was 88 years and the age range was 77 to 94 years.

There has been a total of 4,831 Covid-19 related deaths and 242,819 confirmed cases in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today 218 are men and 197 are women.

74% are under 45 years of age, with the median age being 32 years old.

147 of the cases are in Dublin, 41 are in Meath, 33 are in Donegal, 26 are in Galway, 18 are in Limerick and the remaining 155 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 8am today, 190 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 53 are in ICU.

12 additional hospitalisations occurred in the past 24 hours.

As of 14 April, 1,121,003 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland.

789,526 people have received their first dose and 331,477 people have received their second dose.

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