COVID-19: Four deaths and 425 new cases confirmed yesterday in Ireland
DUBLIN: The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has confirmed 425 new COVID-19 cases in Ireland yesterday. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 254,870.
The NPHET also confirmed that four further deaths have been recorded in the country, bringing the death toll from COVID-19 to 4,941. Of the deaths reported yesterday, one occurred in January, one occurred in February and two occurred in May.
The median age of those who tested positive was 29, and 78% were under the age of 45. Men accounted for 202 of the new cases, while women accounted for 223. The data also revealed that 4% of new cases were confirmed in people over the age of 65.
As of yesterday morning, 39 COVID-19 patients were being treated in the ICU.
The Chair of NPHET’s Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group Professor Philip Nolan said the epidemiological situation of the virus in Ireland is “stable”. Prof. Nolan said the vaccination is reducing the severity of disease, hospitalisations and fatalities.
“The data also reveals the positive effects of vaccination, not only incidence in the over 65 age groups below the national average and rapidly declining, but we are seeing a very large discrepancy in the probability of being hospitalised or dying,” he said.
“It is clear that vaccination not only decreases infection but also decreases the severity of any disease that breaks through,” he added. Prof. Nolan also said the test positivity rate in Ireland currently stands at 2.4%.
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