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4 more Covid-19 deaths and 420 new cases in Ireland
Updated: 17 Apr 2021, 19:01
A FURTHER four Covid-19 deaths have been announced in Ireland.
The Department of Health has also confirmed 420 new cases this evening.
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan GlynnCredit: PA:Press Association
There has been a total of 4,835 Covid-19 related deaths and 243,238 cases since the pandemic began.
Of the cases notified, 211 are men and 206 are women with 74 per cent under 45 years of age. The median age is 32 years old.
The five-day moving average is 386.
As of 8am today, 183 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 50 are in ICU.
There have been seven additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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Ireland s current Covid-19 numbers are better than anything we could have hoped for a few weeks ago , according to the National Public Health Emergency Team.
New cases of the virus have steadily dropped with 309 confirmed yesterday - bringing the five-day moving average to 358, down 12 percent on last week.
25 of the new cases were in Donegal.
Latest figures show there were 174 patients with the disease in public hospitals, and 48 in ICU.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn says the improvement is down to people following the public health advice.