15 more deaths related to COVID-19 have been notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre this evening.
Two occurred this month, three in March, six in February, and four of the deaths happened in January or earlier.
There have been 401 new cases, fewer than five of these are in Kerry.
182 of the new cases are in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 31 in Donegal, 23 in Limerick, and 22 in Cork.
Kerry has the fifth lowest 14-day incidence rate of the virus at 39.9 per 100,000 population. The national average is 113.4 per 100,000.
As of April 19th, 1,219,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland - 863,958 people have received their first dose and 355,529 have got their second dose.
There has been a total of 4,856 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland and 244,695 cases.
