Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 47 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
44 of these deaths occurred in February, 2 occurred in January and 1 in December.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 - 99 years.
There has been a total of 4,082* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Wednesday 17th February, the HPSC has been notified of 901 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 212,647** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 473 are men / 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. 48 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 15, 280,581 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 182,193 people have received their first dose
- 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.
ENDS//
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,082 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 212,647 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.
| County | Today's cases*** (to midnight 17Feb2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 17Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 17Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 901 | 780 | 252.9 | 12,042 |
| Monaghan | 10 | 15 | 420.3 | 258 |
| Offaly | 15 | 21 | 369.4 | 288 |
| Dublin | 437 | 316 | 351.5 | 4,736 |
| Galway | 43 | 64 | 308.5 | 796 |
| Laois | 22 | 17 | 303.4 | 257 |
| Louth | 14 | 26 | 286.3 | 369 |
| Meath | 32 | 40 | 280.4 | 547 |
| Waterford | 19 | 18 | 274.6 | 319 |
| Longford | 16 | 9 | 274.0 | 112 |
| Carlow | 7 | 7 | 267.0 | 152 |
| Cavan | 7 | 11 | 261.2 | 199 |
| Mayo | 27 | 22 | 259.0 | 338 |
| Kildare | 39 | 38 | 254.4 | 566 |
| Limerick | 49 | 36 | 254.0 | 495 |
| Wexford | 21 | 18 | 253.1 | 379 |
| Westmeath | 16 | 14 | 247.8 | 220 |
| Donegal | 29 | 16 | 176.5 | 281 |
| Leitrim | 9 | 5 | 156.0 | 50 |
| Tipperary | 19 | 18 | 150.4 | 240 |
| Clare | 16 | 13 | 144.8 | 172 |
| Sligo | 5 | 5 | 135.8 | 89 |
| Cork | 31 | 31 | 130.6 | 709 |
| Roscommon | 7 | 5 | 128.6 | 83 |
| Wicklow | 6 | 8 | 128.5 | 183 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 5 | 99.8 | 99 |
| Kerry | <5 | 2 | 71.1 | 105 |
~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 123.9
- 5-day moving average is 780
