BREAKING: Drop in Limerick's Covid-19 daily case numbers sees county drop below national average

As of midnight, Tuesday April 27, the HPSC has been notified of 371 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 247,857** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. Of the cases listed today, 16 are attributed to Limerick, while the 14 date incidence rate per 100,000, which now stands at 120.6, is once again below the national average of 121.2

Of the cases notified today:

190 are men / 181 are women

77% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 28 years old

131 in Dublin, 38 in Kildare, 33 in Donegal, 18 in Cork, 17 in Meath and the remaining 134 cases are spread across 17 other counties***

As of 8am today, 153 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 45 are in ICU. 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Three deaths occurred in April, 3 in March, and 7 in February or earlier. The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 60 - 95 years.

There has been a total of 4,896* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of April 26th, 2021, 1,417,942 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

1,014,640 people have received their first dose

403,302 people have received their second dose

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.