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News

Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Published: 16 April 2020
From: Department of Health

The latest news as of 6pm on April 17

44 new deaths and 597 new cases confirmed

  • 44 people with COVID-19 in Ireland have died in the last 24 hours bringing the total to 530 deaths
  • 597 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland as well as 112 tested in Germany (which are older cases)
  • there are now 13,980 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland

Location of deaths

    East of Ireland 33
    West of Ireland 5
    South of Ireland 3
    North-west of Ireland 3

Breakdown of the 44 deaths

  • 19 females and 25 males
  • the median age of the people who died was 84
  • 25 people had underlying health conditions

There have now been 530 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

Breakdown of the 530 total COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland

  • 316 (60%) deaths occurred in hospitals
  • 45 (9%) occurred in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
  • the median age was 83
  • the mean age was 69
  • the age range was 25-105
  • 81% had underlying health conditions

Breakdown of the ICU admissions due to COVID-19

    Details Number of people Percentage of total
    Total admissions 296 100
    Remaining in ICU 153 52
    Discharged 98 33%
    Underlying conditions 243 82
    Deaths 45 15%
    Median age 60

Press release and county-by-county figures

View the latest press release with a full breakdown of figures here.

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 16 April 2020.

Older updates

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

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