The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 1 person with COVID-19 has died.
There has now been a total of 1,776 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 19th August, the HPSC has been notified of 136 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 27,676 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 54 are men / 81 are women
- 78% are under 45 years of age
- 57 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 11 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 51 in Dublin, 24 in Kildare, 12 in Kilkenny, 11 in Tipperary, 7 in Cork, 6 in Limerick, 6 in Wexford, 5 in Meath and the remaining 14 cases are in Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Waterford and Wicklow.
