The latest news as of 6.30 pm on Tuesday 28 April 2020
59 new deaths and 229 new cases confirmed
- the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that 59 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died - bringing the total death total to 1,159 (following closer inspection by the HPSC, 2 deaths that were reported earlier have now been removed from the totals reported earlier)
- 229 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland
- there are now 19,877 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
Breakdown of the 946 lab confirmed deaths
- 446 (47%) were hospitalised
- 56 (5.8%) were admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU) (1 death was denotified)
- 816 (86%) were reported to have had underlying health conditions
- there were 504 (53%) male and 442 (47%) female
- the median age was 83
- the mean age was 81
Breakdown of the 358 cases admitted to ICU
| Total admissions |
358 |
100% |
| People who had underlying conditions |
296 |
83% |
| Remaining in ICU |
141 |
39.4% |
| Discharged from ICU |
162 |
42% |
| Deaths |
55 |
15.4% |
*the median age was 60.
Breakdown of the situation in community residential and nursing home settings
- there were 362 clusters in community residential settings, 218 of which were in nursing homes
- there were 4155 cases in community residential settings, 3277 of which were in nursing homes
- 335 people were admitted to hospital from community residential settings, 225 of whom came from nursing homes
- 680 people have died in community residential settings (including probably deaths), 579 of whom were in nursing homes
Update on testing
- in the past 7 days (Monday 20 - Monday 27 April 2020) - 41,470 tests have been carried out
- of the 41,470 tests, 5355 (12.9%) resulted in positives
- a total of 153,954 tests have been carried out in Ireland so far
- current lab capacity is for 60,000 tests per week. By the end of this week, that figure will reach 70,000. By the third week of May, that figure will reach 100,000 per week. An average of 4,000 tests per day (28,000 per week) are currently being referred
Press release and county-by-county figures
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 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.
