Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 68 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
50 of these deaths occurred in February,15 occurred in January and 2 in December*.
The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 43-96 years.
There has been a total of 3,752** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Sunday 7th February, the HPSC has been notified of 556 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 204,940*** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 284 are men / 268 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 39 years old
- 163 in Dublin, 45 in Limerick, 38 in Galway, 34 in Cork, 29 in Waterford and the remaining 247 cases are spread across 20 other counties****
As of 8am today, 1,104 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 182 are in ICU. 54 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 6th, 236,996 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 152,652 people have received their first dose
- 84,344 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//
*There is 1 death where the date of death is under investigation.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 3,752 deaths reflects this.
***Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 13 cases. The figure of 204,940 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.
7 day incidence 138.8
5-day moving average 856
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 08 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 08Feb2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 08Feb2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (26Jan2021 to 08Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (26Jan2021 to 08Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 556 | 856 | 319.0 | 15,189 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 22 | 651.6 | 400 |
| Carlow | 8 | 14 | 451.4 | 257 |
| Waterford | 29 | 27 | 445.9 | 518 |
| Wexford | 27 | 37 | 408.1 | 611 |
| Louth | 21 | 27 | 406.6 | 524 |
| Dublin | 163 | 303 | 396.8 | 5,346 |
| Mayo | 14 | 25 | 350.9 | 458 |
| Meath | 20 | 40 | 333.8 | 651 |
| Galway | 38 | 42 | 330.5 | 853 |
| Offaly | 18 | 14 | 318.1 | 248 |
| Limerick | 45 | 38 | 317.6 | 619 |
| Kildare | 29 | 39 | 300.7 | 669 |
| Donegal | 20 | 26 | 297.8 | 474 |
| Cavan | 11 | 16 | 288.8 | 220 |
| Longford | <5 | 8 | 288.7 | 118 |
| Laois | 10 | 16 | 286.9 | 243 |
| Westmeath | 8 | 16 | 245.6 | 218 |
| Sligo | <5 | 8 | 238 | 156 |
| Cork | 34 | 65 | 234.5 | 1,273 |
| Wicklow | 22 | 18 | 226.8 | 323 |
| Tipperary | 6 | 14 | 203.1 | 324 |
| Clare | 8 | 12 | 166.6 | 198 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 2 | 149.8 | 48 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 9 | 148.1 | 147 |
| Kerry | 10 | 12 | 140.8 | 208 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 6 | 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.
