Covid-19 Friday: 23 deaths, 921 new cases

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has today been notified of 23 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

21 of these deaths occurred in February and two occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 57 - 95 years.

There has been a total of 3,865* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 11th February, the HPSC has been notified of 921 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 207,720** confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

453 are men / 466 are women
66% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 34 years old
414 in Dublin, 87 in Cork, 51 in Kildare, 48 in Limerick, 47 in Meath and the remaining 274 cases are spread across all other counties.***

As of 8am today, 959 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU. 53 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 9th 248,284 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

158,904 people have received their first dose
89,380 people have received their second dose

Dr Ronan Glynn, deputy chief medical officer, Department of Health, said: 'We have made progress in Ireland over recent weeks, but the rate of transmission of the disease is still extremely high and the risks Covid-19 poses to our vulnerable loved ones have not changed.”

'Everyone is working hard to drive down Covid-19 infection in the community, and we must all continue to limit the number of daily contacts we have. The only way to limit the spread of Covid-19 is to limit our social contacts and follow the public health advice, wash our hands, maintain a social distance, wear a face covering where appropriate, work from home and stay at home.”

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 4 deaths. The figure of 3,865 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 207,720 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.

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 11 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County	Today's cases* (to midnight 11Feb2021)**	5-Day Moving Average of New Cases	14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 11Feb2021)	New Cases during last 14 days (to 11Feb2021)
Ireland	921	835	292.8	13,942
Monaghan	<5	14	514.8	316
Carlow	19	15	402.2	229
Waterford	15	20	388.2	451
Dublin	414	352	386.8	5,211
Louth	16	29	360.8	465
Wexford	9	19	342	512
Offaly	23	23	337.3	263
Meath	47	39	313.8	612
Galway	32	39	303.8	784
Laois	15	17	297.5	252
Cavan	22	19	290.1	221
Mayo	10	19	287.3	375
Kildare	51	40	284.9	634
Limerick	48	32	274	534
Longford	9	6	244.7	100
Donegal	9	15	233.1	371
Westmeath	22	14	224.2	199
Sligo	<5	5	215.2	141
Cork	87	53	203.9	1,107
Wicklow	6	13	183.3	261
Tipperary	25	18	182.4	291
Leitrim	5	2	140.4	45
Clare	12	9	134.7	160
Roscommon	<5	5	133.2	86
Kilkenny	11	8	132	131
Kerry	<5	10	129.3	191

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