The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified that 10 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died – bringing the total deaths to 1,543.
64 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed.
There have now been 24,112 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 15 May (23,953 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 3,117 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 389 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 7,566 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 11,666 (49% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,361 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,352 cases (6%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 37%, travel abroad accounts for 3%
