Health officials have announced 343 more cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
This brings the total number of infected people to 21,176.
Additionally a further 25 people have sadly lost their lives to the killer bug as the death toll rises to 1,286.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday 30 April (20,742 cases), reveals:
· 58% are female and 42% are male
· the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 2,785 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 368 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 5,973 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,277 (50% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,226 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,156 cases (6%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 34%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
