383 New Covid Cases Reported Tonight & 8 Deaths.

Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:48

34 new cases are in Co. Kildare.

There are 393 new cases of Covid-19 and eight additional deaths.

173 of the cases are in Dublin, with 42 in Cork, 34 in Kildare, 26 in Donegal, 15 in Meath and the remaining 103 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre @hpscireland has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to #COVID19.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) May 6, 2021

There are 131 patients in hospital with the virus and 36 in intensive care - which is the lowest this year.

Dr Martin Daly, a former president of the Irish Medical Organisation, says the country's going in the right direction.

County	Today's cases (to midnight 05May2021)	5 day moving average (to midnight 05May2021)	14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (22Apr2021 to 05May2021)	New Cases during last 14 days (22Apr2021 to 05May2021)
Ireland	393	410	129.7	6,178
Donegal	26	27	270.1	430
Kildare	34	34	260.2	579
Westmeath	7	11	200.5	178
Dublin	173	171	183.5	2,472
Tipperary	12	13	148.5	237
Meath	15	17	143.6	280
Cavan	<5	10	139.2	106
Offaly	<5	6	129.6	101
Limerick	13	14	125.2	244
Longford	<5	2	115	47
Louth	7	12	114.1	147
Roscommon	9	7	111.6	72
Wicklow	<5	7	95.5	136
Monaghan	5	3	91.2	56
Leitrim	<5	2	87.4	28
Carlow	6	3	86.1	49
Galway	9	11	84.9	219
Cork	42	33	81.1	440
Waterford	<5	5	71.4	83
Laois	5	3	53.1	45
Mayo	0	4	45.2	59
Clare	5	3	43.8	52
Kilkenny	<5	3	39.3	39
Wexford	5	4	28.7	43
Sligo	0	1	25.9	17
Kerry	<5	2	12.9	19

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