Covid-19 figures
A further nine people with Covid-19 have died here.
Latest Department of Health figures show nine new cases of the virus have also been confirmed.
The Covid-19 death toll has risen to 1,691 after nine more people with the virus lost their lives.
Nine new cases have also been recorded, meaning since late February, when the outbreak first began here, there have been 25,215 confirmed cases across the country.
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Sunday 7 June (25,206 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- The median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 3,331 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 413 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 8,087 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,159 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,529 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,424 cases (6%)
- Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 38%, close contact accounts for 59%, travel abroad accounts for 2%
Today's figures are up on the 4 deaths announced yesterday, but the increase was expected, due to a lag in the reporting and processing of some cases at weekends.
No new Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Northern Ireland for the third day in a row, meaning the death toll stands at 537.
