Updated / Friday, 14 May 2021
16:29
The Department of Health has been notified of four further deaths associated with Covid-19.
There have also been 425 additional confirmed cases.
There has now been a total of 254,870 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland and 4,941 deaths.
Of the four deaths recorded today, one occurred in January, one occurred in February and two occurred in May.
More than 78% of today s cases are under the age of 45, with 4% in people aged over 65. The median age was 29. As of 11.30am, there were 39 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in ICU.
Speaking at this afternoon s Department of Heath briefing, the Chair of NPHET s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Professor Philip Nolan said the epidemiological situation of the virus in Ireland is stable , adding that there are strong grounds for optimism .
From Prof Philip Nolan saying there are "strong grounds for optimism" due to the effects of vaccination, to the identification of 41 cases of a Covid-19 variant of concern, here are five things we learned from the latest NPHET briefing.