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The exact age profile of Irish coronavirus cases admitted to an ICU has been published for the first time.
Until last weekend, health managers have listed all elderly patients who have been in intensive care in the “65+” category.
But now reports from the Health Protection Surveillance Center show a clearer breakdown of these cases.
The latest reports indicate that 111 people between the ages of 55 and 64 have been admitted to a critical care center, the most affected age group in the country.
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There have been 96 patients in the 65-74 age profile, and 78 people between the ages of 45-54, have been admitted to an ICU since the outbreak began.
Six people over the age of 85 and 37 between 75-84 who contracted the virus were also admitted.
As for the younger patients, there have been two children between the ages of five and 14 who have fought for their lives after being diagnosed with the infection.
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Six were between 15 and 24 years old, 14 were between 25 and 34 years old and 33 were between 35 and 44 years old.
These numbers make up the 383 people who have been admitted to an ICU as of midnight on Saturday, May 9.
However, the HPSC report does not establish the death rate for these cases and whether or not they had an underlying condition.
More than half of the virus-related deaths in the country have occurred in nursing homes and nursing homes, a possible reason why the number of ICU elderly cases is relatively low.
There were 72 active critical care cases in hospitals on Sunday, according to the HSE Daily Operations Update Report.
The death toll in the Republic of Ireland is now 1,467.
There have been 23,135 confirmed cases of the virus so far.
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