Coronavirus: 47 further deaths and 901 new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 47 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
According to NPHET’s statement this evening, 44 of these deaths occurred in February, two occurred in January and one in December.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 to 99 years.
There has been a total of 4,082* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday, February 17, the HPSC has been notified of 901 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 212,647* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 473 are men and 422 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 36 years old
- 437 in Dublin, 49 in Limerick, 43 in Galway, 39 in Kildare, 32 in Meath and the remaining 301 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 8am today, 771 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU.
There have been 48 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday 15 February, there have been 280,581 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland; 182,193 people have received their first dose and 98,388 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 one death. The figure of 4,082 deaths reflects this.
* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of five confirmed cases. The figure of 212,647 cases reflects this.
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