Covid: Five deaths and 461 new cases

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of five additional deaths related to Covid-19.

As of midnight yesterday, the HPSC was notified of 461 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 246,204.

Of the cases notified today:

235 are men / 224 are women.

75% are under 45 years of age.

The median age is 28 years old.

No county-by-county breakdowns are available today.

As of 8 a.m. today, 162 Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, of which 46 were in ICU. Nine additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Latest update on vaccines

As of April 22, a total of 1,317,165 doses of vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

934,980 people have received their first dose.

382,185 people have received their second dose.