Coronavirus claims 18 more lives

A further 18 people with COVID-19 have died in the Republic, bringing the death toll from the Coronavirus to 1,446.
As of 11am Saturday 9 May the HPSC has been notified of 219 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 22,760 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Republic of Ireland.
North of the border there were four more deaths bringing the total there to 430. 
Returning the focus south of the Border, today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday 7 May (22,495 cases), reveals that the number of confirmed cases in Cavan rose by 18 to 748; while in Monaghan there was an increase of four to 447.

Hospitalised
From a national analysis of the 22,495 cases it emerged that 57% are female and 43% are male; the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years; 2,954 cases (13%) have been hospitalised; of those hospitalised, 381 cases have been admitted to ICU; 6,669 cases are associated with healthcare workers; and of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact accounts for 35%, travel abroad accounts for 3%.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 1,446 deaths reflects this.