Coronavirus: 14 further deaths and 455 new cases reported in the State
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Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 09:14
Updated: about 4 hours ago
A further 14 deaths relating to Covid-19 have been reported by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).
This brings to 4,783 the total number of deaths in the pandemic.
Those who died ranged in age from 55-90 years and the median age was 72.
On Saturday, Nphet also reported 455 confirmed cases of the disease, bringing to 240,643 the total number of confirmed cases in Ireland since the pandemic began.
Some 208 Covid-19 patients were receiving hospital treatment on Saturday morning, including 11 people who were hospitalised in the last 24 hours. This is a slight increase on the 200 people being treated for the virus in hospital on Friday morning. A total of 52 people were in ICU on Saturday morning, up from 51 on Friday.