The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 28 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
Of the 28 deaths:
- the median age was 81
- the people included 15 females and 13 males
- 19 of the 28 had an underlying condition
There has now been 263 COVID-19-related deaths in Ireland.
500 new cases of COVID-19 in Ireland have been confirmed. There are now 6,074 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
As of the 7th of April there were 207 cases in County Wicklow.