Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 33 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.
There has been a total of 3,980* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 15th February, the HPSC has been notified of 744 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 211,113** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 373 are male/ 366 are female
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 301 in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.***
As of 8am today, 861 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of 13th February, 268,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 176,926 people have received their first dose
- 91,625 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 3,980 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 33 confirmed cases. The figure of 211,113 confirmed 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 15Feb2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 15Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 15Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 744 | 870 | 269.3 | 12,825 |
| Dublin | 301 | 359 | 361.9 | 4,876 |
| Galway | 77 | 79 | 342.9 | 885 |
| Waterford | 37 | 22 | 321.9 | 374 |
| Offaly | 36 | 23 | 377.1 | 294 |
| Kildare | 32 | 40 | 278.6 | 620 |
| Louth | 28 | 25 | 325.9 | 420 |
| Monaghan | 23 | 13 | 461 | 283 |
| Wexford | 23 | 25 | 282.5 | 423 |
| Mayo | 22 | 23 | 265.9 | 347 |
| Cork | 20 | 40 | 151 | 820 |
| Meath | 20 | 35 | 296.3 | 578 |
| Limerick | 19 | 36 | 252.4 | 492 |
| Tipperary | 17 | 18 | 147.3 | 235 |
| Clare | 15 | 15 | 144.8 | 172 |
| Laois | 15 | 16 | 284.5 | 241 |
| Carlow | 13 | 11 | 339 | 193 |
| Kilkenny | 8 | 7 | 119.9 | 119 |
| Westmeath | 8 | 18 | 258 | 229 |
| Wicklow | 8 | 11 | 158 | 225 |
| Leitrim | 5 | 6 | 162.3 | 52 |
| Roscommon | 5 | 5 | 123.9 | 80 |
| Sligo | 5 | 6 | 174 | 114 |
| Cavan | <5 | 14 | 284.9 | 217 |
| Donegal | <5 | 14 | 189.7 | 302 |
| Kerry | <5 | 3 | 95.5 | 141 |
| Longford | <5 | 5 | 227.5 | 93 |
~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.
