Two more people have sadly lost their lives to COVID-19, health officials confirmed today.
This brings the overall death toll in the Republic of Ireland to 1,652.
Additionally 66 more cases have been announced bringing the total to 24,990.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 29 May (24,924 cases), reveals:
· 57% are female and 43% are male
· The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
· 3,283 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
· Of those hospitalised, 408 cases have been admitted to ICU
· 7,963 cases are associated with healthcare workers
· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,042 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,477 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,416 cases (6%)
· Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39%, close contact accounts for 58%, travel abroad accounts for 2%
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