Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 29 January

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 48 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

45 deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.

There has been a total of 3,214* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.)

As of midnight Thursday 28 January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 193,892* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 587 are men and 658 are women
• 54% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 42 years old
• 437 in Dublin, 146 in Cork, 76 in Meath, 69 in Wexford, 62 in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

ENDS

• the 7-day incidence is 202.2
• the 5-day moving average is 1,269