The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in April.
There has been a total of 4,835 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday 16th April, the HPSC has been notified of 420 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 243,238* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 211 are men / 206 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
As of 8am today, 183 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 50 are in ICU. 7 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.