There has been one further death of a person with Covid-19 reported today, and Galway has now gone five days with no new confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland now stands at 1,670 Covid-19 related deaths.
An additional 25 confirmed cases were reported to the HPSC today, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 25,201.
Validation of data by the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 previously confirmed cases.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 5 June (25,176 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 3,321 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 409 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 8,057 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,139 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,529 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,428 cases (6%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39%, close contact accounts for 59%, travel abroad accounts for 2%
