Coronavirus: 48 further deaths and 1,254 new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 48 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.
There has been a total of 3,214* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday January 28, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 193,892** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 587 are men / 658 are women
- 54% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 42 years old
- 437 in Dublin, 146 in Cork, 76 in Meath, 69 in Wexford, 62 in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU.
51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
- Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of one death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of seven confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 confirmed cases reflects this.
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