The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that two people with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
There has now been a total of 1,777* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 21st August, the HPSC has been notified of 156 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 27,908** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
• 81 are men / 75 are women
• 71% are under 45 years of age
• 68 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
• 15 cases have been identified as community transmission
• 55 in Dublin, 36 in Kildare, 12 in Tipperary, 9 in Limerick, 7 in Kilkenny, 6 in Waterford and the remaining 31 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 1,777 reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 27,908 reflects this.
The number of confirmed cases in Kerry remains at 323.
