There have been eight additional deaths related to COVID-19 reported by the Department of Health today, along with 330 new confirmed cases.
Of the cases reported today, just six are in Galway where the 14-day incidence rate now stands at 66.3 cases per 100,000 population.
There have now been a total of 69,802 confirmed cases in Ireland, and the pandemic has claimed 2,018 lives in the state.
Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case, which is reflected in the national total.
Of the cases notified today:
- 171 are men and 155 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 99 in Dublin, 28 in Cork, 26 in Louth, 25 in Meath, 21 in Donegal and the remaining 131 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today there are 283 people in Ireland in hospital with COVID-19, of whom 33 are in the ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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