An additional 4,842 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ireland this evening while nine more people have sadly died from the disease.
Of the newly confirmed cases today, 1,049 have been recorded in Dublin.
The death toll from the killer bug now stands at 2,336 while there have been 140,727 confirmed cases in the country since the start of the pandemic.
Of the cases notified today:
- 2,304 are men / 2,528 are women
- 61% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 38 years old
- 1,049 in Dublin, 530 in Cork, 514 in Waterford, 405 in Wexford, 247 in Louth and the remaining 2,097 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 1,293 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 119 are in ICU. 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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