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Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Published: 18 April 2020
From: Department of Health

The latest news as of 6pm on Saturday April 18

41 new deaths and 630 new cases confirmed

  • the HPSC has been notified that 41 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died, bringing the total to 571 deaths
  • 630 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland as well as 148 tested in Germany (which are older cases)
  • there are now 14, 758 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland

Location of deaths

    East of Ireland 35
    West of Ireland 4
    North-west of Ireland 2

Breakdown of the 44 deaths

  • 23 females and 18 males
  • the median age of the people who died was 83
  • 35 people had underlying health conditions

There have now been 571 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

Breakdown of the 571 total COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland

  • 330 (57%) deaths occurred in hospitals
  • 46 (9%) occurred in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
  • the median age was 83
  • the age range was 23-105
  • 81% had underlying health conditions

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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