The latest news as of 6.30 pm on Tuesday 28 April 2020
59 new deaths and 229 new cases confirmed
- the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that 59 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died – bringing the total death total to 1,159 (following closer inspection by the HPSC, 2 deaths that were reported earlier have now been removed from the totals reported earlier)
- 229 additional cases have been confirmed in Ireland
- there are now 19,877 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
Breakdown of the 946 lab confirmed deaths
- 446 (47%) were hospitalised
- 56 (5.8%) were admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU) (1 death was denotified)
- 816 (86%) were reported to have had underlying health conditions
- there were 504 (53%) male and 442 (47%) female
- the median age was 83
- the mean age was 81
Breakdown of the 358 cases admitted to ICU
| Total admissions | 358 | 100% |
| People who had underlying conditions | 296 | 83% |
| Remaining in ICU | 141 | 39.4% |
| Discharged from ICU | 162 | 42% |
| Deaths | 55 | 15.4% |
*the median age was 60.
Breakdown of the situation in community residential and nursing home settings
- there were 362 clusters in community residential settings, 218 of which were in nursing homes
- there were 4155 cases in community residential settings, 3277 of which were in nursing homes
- 335 people were admitted to hospital from community residential settings, 225 of whom came from nursing homes
- 680 people have died in community residential settings (including probably deaths), 579 of whom were in nursing homes
Update on testing
- in the past 7 days (Monday 20 – Monday 27 April 2020) – 41470 tests have been carried out.
- of the 41470 tests, 5355 (12.9%) resulted in positives
- a total of 153,954 tests have been carried out in Ireland so far
- current lab capacity is for 60,000 tests per week. By the end of this week, that figure will reach 70,000. By mid-May, that figure will reach 100,000 per week. An average of 4,000 tests per day (28,000) per week are currently being referred.
Press release and county-by-county figures
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team – Tuesday 29 April
Latest charts and maps
You can view a detailed dashboard showing the latest statistics on COVID-19 in Ireland here.
View the latest modelling data
COVID-19 modelling data – Thursday 23 April 2020.
Older updates
View all the updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) since January 2020 here.