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Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Published: 27 April 2020
From: Department of Health

The latest news as of 6pm on Monday 27 April 2020

18 new deaths and 386 new cases confirmed

  • the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that 18 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died - bringing the total death total to 1,102 (following closer inspection by the HPSC, 3 deaths that were reported earlier have now been removed)
  • 386 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland
  • there are now 19,648 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland

Breakdown of the 903 lab confirmed deaths

  • 431 (48%) were hospitalised
  • 56 (6.2%) were admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU)
  • 778 (86%) were reported to have had underlying health conditions
  • there were 477 (53%) male and 426 (47%) female
  • the median age was 83
  • the mean age was 81

Breakdown of the 357 cases admitted to ICU

    Total admissions 357 100%
    People who had underlying conditions 295 83%
    Remaining in ICU 146 41%
    Discharged from ICU 154 43%
    Deaths 56 15.7%

*the median age was 60.

Breakdown of the situation in community residential and nursing home settings

  • there were 355 clusters in community residential settings, 211 of which were in nursing homes
  • there were 3875 cases in community residential settings, 3048 of which were in nursing homes
  • 317 people were admitted to hospital from community residential settings, 213 of whom came from nursing homes
  • 641 people have died in community residential settings, 546 of whom were in nursing homes

Press release and county-by-county figures

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 28 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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