Coronavirus: 17 further deaths and 788 new cases
By William O'Connor
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
15 of these deaths occurred in February and one in December.*
The median age of those who died was 80 years and the age range was 50-92 years.
There has been a total of 3,948 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Saturday, February 13, the HPSC has been notified of 788 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 209,582** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 409 are men / 371 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 315 in Dublin, 61 in Galway, 59 in Meath, 42 in Louth, 33 in Kildare and the remaining 278 cases are spread across all other counties.***
As of 8am today, 899 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 160 are in ICU. 34 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 11, 261,073 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- • 171,239 people have received their first dose
- • 89,834 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.
*The date of 1 death is still under investigation.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 209,582 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.
