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383 New Covid Cases Reported Tonight & 8 Deaths.

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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.


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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