Almost 90% of people with the coronavirus who have died so far in Ireland are aged over 65. However, a second death has now been recorded in the 25-34 age group, according to the latest data published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
The data is based on the 3,282 cases of Covid-19 recorded in Ireland up until midnight on Tuesday 1 April. This shows that of the 91 deaths that occurred up until that time, 81 were aged over 65, six of the people who died were in the 55-64 age group, while two younger people aged between 25 and 34 also died.
There was one person aged between 35 and 44 and one person in the 45 to 54 age category who also died. The number of clusters of infection in nursing homes around the country has also