The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 31 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
26 deaths located in the East, 3 in the North West, 1 in the South and 1 in the West of the country
The deaths included 18 females and 13 males
The median age of today’s reported deaths is 82
25 people were reported as having underlying health conditions
There have now been 365 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. A summary of all 365 deaths provided by the HPSC shows that; 215 (59%) of those who died were male, 150 (41%) were female
The median age of those who died is 82
247 of these cases were admitted to hospital with 37 admitted to ICU.
- 527 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported by Irish laboratories
- 465 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported by a laboratory in Germany
With the latest German figures included, there are now a total of 10,647 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland, 225 of those cases are in Donegal.
