Coronavirus: 54 further deaths and 1,006 new cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
According to NPHET’s statement this evening, 45 of these deaths occurred in February, five occurred in January and four are still under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 86 years and the age range was 48 to 104 years.
There has been a total of 3,794* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday, February 9, the HPSC has been notified of 1,006 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 205,939** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 476 are men and 524 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 516 in Dublin, 63 in Cork, 46 in Galway, 43 in Meath, 36 in Louth and the remaining 302 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 8am today, 1,032 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU.
There have been 40 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 7, there have been 240,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland.
According to figures released, 153,654 people have received their first dose and 86,833 people have received their second dose
The COVID-19 data hub 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 12 deaths. The figure of 3,794 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 cases. The figure of 205,939 cases reflects this.
