There have now been 22,760 cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Ireland with 1,446 sadly dying from the deadly disease.
A further 18 people have died and 219 more have been confirmed to have the virus in Ireland today.
The HPSC released the following data on Saturday regarding the first 22,495 cases up until Thursday midnight;
57% are female and 43% are male
· the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
· 2,954 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 381 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 6,669 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,948 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,317 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,205 cases (5%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact accounts for 35%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
Below is a full breakdown of how many cases of Covid-19 each county in the Republic of Ireland has.
Roscommon, up to 234 from 174 in a week, and Longford, up to 264 from 153 in the week, have both seen considerable jumps
County by county breakdown
Dublin - 10,948
Kildare - 1,317
Cork - 1,205
Meath - 754
Cavan - 748
Louth - 715
Westmeath - 640
Wicklow - 637
Limerick - 570
Mayo - 522
Tipperary - 515
Donegal - 469
Monaghan - 447
Galway - 382
Offaly - 349
Kerry - 303
Clare - 303
Kilkenny - 271
Longford - 264
Laois - 247
Roscommon - 234
Wexford - 194
Waterford - 143
Carlow - 136
Sligo - 116
Leitrim - 66
