COVID19 UPDATE: 33 New Deaths, 744 New Cases - 20 here in Cork
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 33 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.
There has been a total of 3,980* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 15th February, the HPSC has been notified of 744 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 211,113** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 373 are male/ 366 are female
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 301 in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.***
As of 8am today, 861 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of 13th February, 268,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 176,926 people have received their first dose
- 91,625 people have received their second dose
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,980 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 33 confirmed cases. The figure of 211,113 confirmed cases reflects this.
***County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.