No additional COVID deaths, 381 cases with fewer than 5 in Kerry

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of no additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,921 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Sunday 9^th May, the HPSC has been notified of 381 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There is now a total of 253,189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 192 are men / 188 are women
• 77% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 31 years old
• 188 in Dublin, 39 in Donegal, 30 in Kildare, 13 in Limerick, 13 in Cork, 13 in Tipperary, 13 in Westmeath and the remaining 72 cases are spread across 15 other counties.

As of 8am today, 124 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 15 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of Saturday 8^th May, 1,827,610 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 1,327,821 people have received their first dose
• 499,789 people have received their second dose

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 9^th May 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)