Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
5 of these deaths occurred in February, and one occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 75-95 years.
There has been a total of 3,687* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Sunday 7th February, the HPSC has been notified of 829 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 204,397 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 401 are men / 426 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 386 in Dublin, 39 in Meath, 36 in Cork, 35 in Kildare, 32 in Louth and the remaining 301 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**
As of 8am today, 1,212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 176 are in ICU. 39 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 5, 230,776 people have received a COVID-19 vaccine:
- 151,212 people have received their first dose
- 79,554 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.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 deaths. The figure of 3,687 deaths 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.
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 07Feb2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 07Feb2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (25Jan2021 to 07Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (25Jan2021 to 07Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 829 | 1,008 | 326.9 | 15,566 |
| Monaghan | 12 | 27 | 692.3 | 425 |
| Carlow | 30 | 21 | 505.9 | 288 |
| Waterford | 9 | 29 | 446.7 | 519 |
| Louth | 32 | 30 | 444.6 | 573 |
| Wexford | 11 | 37 | 404.8 | 606 |
| Dublin | 386 | 356 | 403.8 | 5,440 |
| Mayo | 17 | 27 | 364 | 475 |
| Meath | 39 | 50 | 348.1 | 679 |
| Galway | 28 | 53 | 336.7 | 869 |
| Offaly | 12 | 15 | 320.7 | 250 |
| Limerick | 32 | 44 | 316.1 | 616 |
| Donegal | 9 | 29 | 308.4 | 491 |
| Kildare | 35 | 49 | 298.4 | 664 |
| Longford | 7 | 9 | 293.6 | 120 |
| Cavan | 32 | 19 | 283.6 | 216 |
| Laois | 11 | 18 | 281 | 238 |
| Cork | 36 | 83 | 249.6 | 1,355 |
| Westmeath | 15 | 18 | 249 | 221 |
| Sligo | <5 | 10 | 241.1 | 158 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 19 | 221.2 | 315 |
| Tipperary | 27 | 17 | 213.1 | 340 |
| Clare | 10 | 13 | 173.4 | 206 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 4 | 156 | 50 |
| Kilkenny | 14 | 11 | 151.2 | 150 |
| Kerry | 5 | 14 | 146.9 | 217 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 7 | 131.7 | 85 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.
- 7 day incidence is 145.5
- 5-day moving average is 1,008
