Majority of today's cases are in people under the age of 45.
1 additional deaths and 408 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed.
Of the cases notified today, 77 per cent are under the age of 45.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) May 8, 2021
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre @hpscireland has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 4,919 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
110 covid patients are in hospital, of which 33 are in ICU.
The 5-day moving average currently stands at 406.
As of midnight, Friday 7th May, the HPSC @hpscireland has been notified of 408 confirmed cases of #COVID19.
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) May 8, 2021
There has now been a total of 252,303 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

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