291 of today's cases are in Dublin
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,205 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 27th December, the HPSC has been notified of 765 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 86,894 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 401 are men / 358 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 291 in Dublin, 63 in Cork, 59 in Monaghan, 49 in Louth, 43 in Meath, and the remaining 260 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today 359 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 30 are in ICU. 41 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours, with 5 additional admissions to ICU.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “The data we are reporting today are lower than days up to 26 December. This however results from factors related to the time of the year, such as the lower rates of attendance and referrals and presentation for testing for several days over Christmas".
