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THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry today.
When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on gov.ie.
There were no additional deaths and 456 new cases of the virus reported nationally.
The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is 13.5 per 100,000 people. There have been 20 cases reported in Kerry in the same period and the rolling five day average of cases is 1.
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Kerry is the county with the second lowest incidence of cases (after Sligo) in the past 14 days. The national incidence rate over the past 14 days is 129.3.
189 are in Dublin, 52 are in Cork, 49 are in Donegal, 39 are in Kildare, 17 are in Galway and the remaining 110 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
There have now been 254,450 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 4,937 people who died with the virus since the start of the pandemic.
As of 8am today, 111 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 36 are in ICU. 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of Tuesday 11th May, 1,922,913 doses of COVID19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
•1,408,105 people have received their first dose
•514,808 people have received their second dose
