Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 13 February
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 13 February 2021
- Last updated on: 13 February 2021
Today's cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 66 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
41 of these deaths occurred in February, 8 occurred in January, 7 in December and 9 occurred in November or earlier. The date of 1 of these deaths is still under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 39 - 98 years.
There has been a total of 3,931 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 12 February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,078 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 208,796* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 208,796 cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 523 are men and 549 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 32 years old
- 433 in Dublin, 139 in Galway, 52 in Limerick, 49 in Wexford, 43 in Mayo and the remaining 362 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 8am today, 898 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 171 are in ICU. There have been 44 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Numbers of people vaccinated
As of Wednesday 10 February, there have been 256,681 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 166,863 people have received their first dose
- 89,818 people have received their second dose
Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"If you have any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath or a change in your sense of smell or taste, self-isolate (stay in your room) immediately and phone your GP without delay. If you are in any doubt about any symptoms you have, you should always contact your GP.
"Your test and GP assessment will be free of charge. This includes GP out of hours services, contact details for which are on the HSE website www.hse.ie. If you don’t have a GP, any GP can arrange a test for you.
"The best way to protect ourselves and our vulnerable loved ones from serious illness as a result of COVID-19 infection is to continue taking the actions we know can effectively supress this virus. Keep physical distance from others, wash hands regularly, avoid crowds and wear face coverings that are fitted correctly."
The COVID-19 data hub 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
County-by-county cases and incidence rates
- the 7 day incidence is 131.8
- the 5-day moving average is 885