Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 29 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
17 of these deaths occurred in February, and 12 occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 77 years and the age range was 29 - 95 years.
There has been a total of 4,300 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 25th February, the HPSC has been notified of 776 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 218,251* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 394 are men / 379 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 278 in Dublin, 69 in Galway, 57 in Meath, 52 in Kildare, 48 in Donegal and the remaining 272 cases are spread across all other counties. **
As of 8am today, 574 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 136 are in ICU. 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 23, 373,280 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 238,841 people have received their first dose
- 134,439 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 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 218,251 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 days (as of midnight 25 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 25Feb2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 25Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 25Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 776 | 644 | 223 | 10,619 |
| Offaly | 17 | 19 | 395.1 | 308 |
| Galway | 69 | 38 | 328.2 | 847 |
| Dublin | 278 | 235 | 299.7 | 4,038 |
| Louth | 45 | 29 | 286.3 | 369 |
| Longford | 5 | 6 | 278.9 | 114 |
| Laois | 15 | 13 | 277.5 | 235 |
| Monaghan | 8 | 8 | 275.3 | 169 |
| Limerick | 39 | 38 | 270.9 | 528 |
| Westmeath | 13 | 20 | 269.2 | 239 |
| Kildare | 52 | 37 | 261.6 | 582 |
| Mayo | 20 | 17 | 252.9 | 330 |
| Waterford | 9 | 15 | 243.6 | 283 |
| Meath | 57 | 35 | 240.5 | 469 |
| Carlow | 13 | 8 | 202 | 115 |
| Cavan | 8 | 8 | 193 | 147 |
| Tipperary | 22 | 19 | 193 | 308 |
| Donegal | 48 | 27 | 187.2 | 298 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 3 | 181 | 58 |
| Clare | 8 | 12 | 156.5 | 186 |
| Wexford | <5 | 6 | 129.6 | 194 |
| Wicklow | 9 | 10 | 108.1 | 154 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 103.8 | 67 |
| Sligo | 5 | 5 | 100.7 | 66 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 5 | 91.7 | 91 |
| Cork | 20 | 21 | 68.5 | 372 |
| Kerry | <5 | 5 | 35.2 | 52 |
~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 102.6
- 5-day moving average is 644
