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Lowest number of Covid-19 cases reported in Ireland since beginning of April

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

05:41 1 May 2020


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1,265 people have now lost their lives to the virus.

Another 34 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus in the Republic, the Department of Health has confirmed.

The deaths bring the total death toll in Ireland to 1,265 since the pandemic began.

Meanwhile there were 221 new confirmed cases of the virus, the lowest number since begin of April.

20, 833 people are known to have the virus in the country at present.

Of those people infected, 58% are female and 42% are male with the median age of confirmed cases being 49.

2,768 cases (13%) have been hospitalised with 367 cases have been admitted to ICU.

5,840 cases are associated with healthcare workers

Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,170 (50% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,215 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,154 cases (6%)

Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 33%, travel abroad accounts for 3%.


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