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Latest updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Published: 23 April 2020
From: Department of Health

The latest news as of 6pm on Thursday 23 April 2020

28 new deaths and 936 new cases confirmed

  • the HPSC has been notified that 28 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died, bringing the total to 794 deaths (3 deaths have been de-notified from earlier figures)
  • 936 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland (this rise is mainly due to a large rise in testing in community residential settings)
  • there are now 16,671 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland

Breakdown of the 794 total COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland

  • 392 (49%) deaths occurred in a hospital setting
  • 50 (6.5%) occurred in Intensive Care Units (ICU)
  • 421 males (53%) and 373 females (47%)
  • the median age was 83
  • the age range was between 23 and 105

Breakdown of the 332 cases admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU)

  • 142 (43%) people remain in Intensive Care Units
  • 139 (42%%) people have been discharged
  • 50 (15%) people died
  • 277 (84%) people had underlying conditions
  • the median age was 60

Breakdown of COVID-19 in community residential settings

  • there have been 319 clusters identified in community residential settings, 191 of which have been in nursing homes
  • there have been a total of 2960 cases identified in community residential settings, 2231 of which have been in nursing homes
  • 433 people have died in community residential settings, 103 of whom died in hospital settings

Press release and county-by-county figures

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 23 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 16 April 2020.

Note: This week's modelling data will be published here shortly.

Older updates

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

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