Published on 

Statement from the Department of Health

Press Release: Tuesday 26 April 2022    

    

Statement from the Department of Health  

 

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,236 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 25 April, 1,601* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.    As of 8am today, 477 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 33 are in ICU.  

ENDS//    Notes to Editors     *These data are provisional and are not directly comparable with laboratory PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases registered through the HSE Covid Care Tracker.    Data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases and deaths is available on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub.   Additional data on vaccination, hospital, ICU and local electoral areas is available on Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.   See the latest public health advice.