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08th May 2021

One more person with Covid-19 has died in Ireland, 408 new cases

Stephen Porzio

Breakdown of Ireland restrictions

Nearly 1.75 million vaccine doses have been administered in Ireland.

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

The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 408 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country.

There has been a total of 4,919 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland and 252,303 confirmed cases.

Of the cases notified today, 205 are men and 202 are women.

77% are under 45 years of age, with the median age being 31 years old. The 5-day moving average is 406.

As of 8am today, 110 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU.

This is the lowest number of people hospitalised with the virus since 27 September last year.

Nine additional hospitalisations occurred in the past 24 hours.

As of 6 May, 1,746,912 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland.

1,267,167 people have received their first dose and 479,745 people have received their second dose.

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