15 more people with Covid-19 have died, 401 new cases

There has now been a total of 244,695 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland so far.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 15 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

Of the deaths notified today, two occurred in April, three occurred in March, six in February, and four occurred in January or earlier.

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was between 56-90 years.

There has now been a total of 4,856 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 20 April, the HPSC has also been notified of 401 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

There has now been a total of 244,695 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 217 are men / 181 are women
• 73% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 31 years old
• 182 occurred in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 31 in Donegal, 23 in Limerick, 22 in Cork, and the remaining 103 cases are spread across 17 other counties.

As of 8 am today, 182 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 47 are in ICU. There has been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 19 April, 1,219,487 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland, 863,958 people have received their first dose, meanwhile, 355,529 people have received their second jab.