A further 10 deaths and 426 new cases of coronavirus have been announced in the Republic of Ireland.
Today's update from the National Public Health Emergency Team is in.
The news takes the death toll here to 1,506 and the total number of cases to date to 23,827, as of 11am on Thursday, May 14.
Validation of data at the HPSC resulted in the denotification of one death and the figure of 1,506 deaths reflects this.
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Tuesday May 12 (23,259 cases), reveals:
57% are female and 42% are male
the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
3,053 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
Of those hospitalised, 387 cases have been admitted to ICU
7,123 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,308 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,348 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,249 cases (5%)
Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 37%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said; “All indicators of the spread of COVID-19 are decreasing, including the average number of cases per day, number of people in hospital and ICU, admissions to ICU and number of reported deaths per day.
“This is reinforced by our estimate reproduction number which is currently stable between 0.4 and 0.6. We will be monitoring this figure and the overall number of infections in the population very closely over the coming weeks.”
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The National Public Health Emergency Team met today and have given further advice to Government. We still want to see progress over the coming days. We need to continue our physical distancing and hygiene measures if we are to continue to suppress the spread of the disease.”
