The Department of Health reports 43 more deaths of patients with Covid-19



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The national public health emergency team reported Thursday the deaths of 43 other patients, 22 men and 21 women, diagnosed with Covid-19.

About 34 of the deaths were in the east, four in the west and five in the south.

A total of 27 patients were reported to have underlying health conditions.

There have now been 486 Covid-19 related deaths in the Republic. The average age of today’s deaths is 84.

On Thursday, NPHET also reported 629 new confirmed cases processed by Irish laboratories, and 95 processed at a German laboratory. The total number of confirmed cases now is 13,271.

Professor Philip Nolan, chair of the NPHET Epidemiological Modeling Advisory Group, said the data showing the different stages of the disease in Ireland over the past six weeks are positive.

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