The total number of confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland is now 23,956 following the announcement of another 129 cases on Friday. The median age of confirmed cases is 48 while 7,427 cases are associated withhealthcare workers. At the briefing, Dr Holohan said NPHET had only just learned that one hospital had reported several hundred cases of Covid-19. The extra cases accounted for more than half of the 426 new cases of the disease reported by NPHET on Thursday. At all times the Mater Hospital provided the information that the HSE required and met all legal requirements to report infectious diseases.

Source: The Irish Times May 15, 2020 12:11 UTC