Health officials have announced 569 new cases of the coronavirus in Ireland today.
That brings the total number of cases in the country since the pandemic began to 249,437.
There have also been 3 further deaths from Covid-19 in the country.
There has been a total of 4,906 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
268 are men / 290 are women
78% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 26 years old
As of 8am today, 123 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 41 are in ICU. 5 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of April 29th, 2021, 1,527,844 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,097,742 people have received their first dose
430,102 people have received their second dose
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