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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of two additional deaths related to Covid-19.
There has been a total of 4,921 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There is no county breakdown today.
As of midnight, Saturday, May 8, the HPSC has been notified of 514 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
There has now been a total of 252,809* confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
259 are men / 248 are women
75% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 28 years old
As of 8am today, 116 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of May 7, 1,799,190 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
1,305,178 people have received their first dose
494,012 people have received their second dose
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 8 cases. The figure of 252,809 confirmed cases reflects this.
The History Maker Brendan Dolan at Aodh Ruadh Bord na nÓg fundraiser in Sean Óg's, Ballyshannon PHOTOS: Thomas Gallagher
Pettigo GAA celebrates success
The video of the incident has been widely circulated on social media.
Mount Errigal Hotel
The Henry Girls, Joleen, Karen and Lorna McLaughlin.
Little Daibhin Curran
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