Health officials have announced 474 new cases of the coronavirus in Ireland today.
That brings the total number of cases in the country since the pandemic began to 248,326.
There have also been 3 further deaths from COVID-19 in the country.
There has been a total of 4,899 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
239 are men / 232 are women
71% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 32 years old
167 in Dublin, 39 in Kildare, 37 in Cork, 36 in Donegal, 29 in Meath and the remaining 166 cases are spread across all other counties**.
As of 8am today, 155 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 44 are in ICU. 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 27 2021, 1,452,434 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,041,284 people have received their first dose
411,150 people have received their second dose
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