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Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Published: 24 April 2020
From: Department of Health

The latest news as of 6pm on Friday 24 April 2020

37 new deaths and 577 new cases confirmed

  • the HPSC has been notified that 37 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died, bringing the total to 829 deaths (2 have been de-notified from earlier statistics).

There have also been a total of 185 probable deaths due to COVID-19 bringing the total death total to 1014. (A probable death is a death where a laboratory test has not been done but where a doctor believes a death is associated with COVID-19)

  • 577 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland
  • there are now 18, 184 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland

Breakdown of the 829 laboratory confirmed COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland

  • 406 (49%) deaths occurred in a hospital setting
  • 53 (6.4%) occurred in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
  • 441 males (53%) and 388 females (47%)
  • the median age was 83
  • the mean age was 81
  • the age range was between 23 and 105

Breakdown of the 340 cases admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU)

  • 142 (42%) people remain in Intensive Care Units
  • 144 (43)) people have been discharged
  • 53 people died
  • 283 (83.5%) people had underlying conditions
  • the median age was 60

Breakdown of COVID-19 in community residential settings

  • there have been 336 clusters identified in community residential settings, 198 of which have been in nursing homes
  • there have been a total of 3277 cases identified in community residential settings, 2500 of which have been in nursing homes
  • 452 people have died in community residential settings, 376 of whom died in hospital settings
  • we are now reporting 'probable deaths due to COVID-19' in these figures too. The figures for those are 124 probable deaths due to COVID-19; 112 of which occurred in nursing homes

Breakdown of COVID-19 in healthcare workers

*This data was measured on Saturday 18 April 2020.

    Total cases 3830
    Cases who were hospitalised 158
    Admitted to Intensive Care Units 24
    Deaths 5

Press release and county-by-county figures

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 24 April.

Latest charts and maps

You can view a detailed dashboard showing the latest statistics on COVID-19 in Ireland here.

View the latest modelling data

COVID-19 modelling data - Thursday 23 April 2020.

Older updates

View all the updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) since January 2020 here.

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