Three further deaths and 474 new cases of Covid-19

There have been three further Covid-related deaths and 474 new cases of the disease confirmed today.

29 of the new cases were in Meath and over the past two weeks there have been 319 new cases in the county.

There are 44 people with coronavirus in ICU - one less than yesterday, while there are 155 Covid patients in hospital with 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

A total of 4,899 people have died with Covid in Ireland while the cumulative number of cases since the pandemic began is 248,326.

Of the cases notified today 239 are men / 232 are women with 71 per cent under 45 years of age. The median age is 32 years old.

There were 167 cases in Dublin, 39 in Kildare, 37 in Cork, 36 in Donegal, 29 in Meath and the remaining 166 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of last Tuesday (27th April) there have been 1,452,434 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland: 1,041,284 people have received their first dose and 411,150 people have received their second dose.