Three more confirmed Offaly COVID-19 cases

Latest figures have shown three new cases of COVID-19 in Offaly.
The figures relate to midnight on Wednesday and were revealed by the Department of Health today.

The new cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Offaly to 19 at midnight Wednesday.

In a more up to date assessment of the national situation, the Department of Health has also revealed that an additional three patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. One person in the north-west of the country and two females in the east.

There have now been 22 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. And at 1pm today, there were 302 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland, as at 1pm, Friday.

There are now 2,121 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Today’s data from HPSC, as of midnight, Wednesday 25th March (1,639 cases), reveals:

· 54% are male and 46% are female, with 79 clusters involving 317 cases

· The median age of confirmed cases is 46 years

· 419 cases (26%) have been hospitalised

· Of those hospitalised, 59 cases have been admitted to ICU

· 375 cases (23%) are associated with healthcare workers

· Dublin has the highest number of cases at 922, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 171 cases (10%)

· Of those for whom transmission status is known; community transmission accounts for 52%, close contact accounts for 22%, travel abroad accounts for 26%