Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 of these deaths occurred in February, 5 occurred in January and 4 are still under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 86 years and the age range was 48 - 104 years.
There has been a total of 3,794* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 9th February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,006 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 205,939** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 476 are men / 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. 40 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 7, 240,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 153,654 people have received their first dose
- 86,833 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 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
***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.
Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 09 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 09Feb2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 09Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 09Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 1006 | 848 | 312.1 | 14861 |
| Monaghan | 34 | 23 | 623.9 | 383 |
| Waterford | 22 | 23 | 435.5 | 506 |
| Carlow | 7 | 12 | 407.5 | 232 |
| Wexford | 27 | 27 | 406.8 | 609 |
| Dublin | 516 | 348 | 402.6 | 5425 |
| Louth | 36 | 26 | 386.4 | 498 |
| Mayo | 8 | 19 | 336.4 | 439 |
| Meath | 43 | 42 | 319.9 | 624 |
| Offaly | 27 | 16 | 318.1 | 248 |
| Galway | 46 | 43 | 316.6 | 817 |
| Limerick | 35 | 32 | 300.2 | 585 |
| Laois | 21 | 17 | 292.8 | 248 |
| Kildare | 32 | 36 | 290.3 | 646 |
| Donegal | 22 | 21 | 281.4 | 448 |
| Longford | <5 | 7 | 266.7 | 109 |
| Cavan | <5 | 14 | 258.6 | 197 |
| Sligo | 7 | 7 | 238 | 156 |
| Westmeath | 7 | 13 | 227.6 | 202 |
| Cork | 63 | 56 | 226.4 | 1229 |
| Wicklow | 20 | 18 | 217.7 | 310 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 14 | 188.7 | 301 |
| Clare | <5 | 10 | 150.7 | 179 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 7 | 139.1 | 138 |
| Kerry | 9 | 12 | 137.4 | 203 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 137.3 | 44 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 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 138.6
- 5-day moving average is 848
