On Tuesday 7 April 2020 at 1745, the Department of Health during a briefing stated that 36 new death had occured in Ireland today.
While 345 new cases were also recorded. Therefore, a total number of 5,709 cases have so far been recorded in Ireland.
27 of the people who died in the past day from are from the east of the country, 3 from the south and 6 from the north.
19 were males and 17 females. While 24 of those who died had underlying health conditions.
The median age of those confirmed to have died today is 81 while the median age of confirmed cases is 48, and 194 cases were admitted to intensive care.
Dublin has the highest number of confirmed cases of any county with 3,061 which amounts to 55% of all cases. Cork has 421 cases – 7% of total.
Out of those for whose transmission status is known, community transmission accounts for 67%, close contact accounts for 22% and travel abroad accounts for 10%.
The figures were released at a briefing with members of the National Public Health Emergency Team this evening.
The officials also revealed that 42,484 tests have been carried out across the country so far, with 12,271 of these carried out in the week to midnight on Monday.
