Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 3 February
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 3 February 2021
- Last updated on: 5 February 2021
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 94 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
47 of these deaths occurred in February, 44 occurred in January, 2 in December and 1 in November.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 36-100 years.
There has been a total of 3,512 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday 2 February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,013 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 199,430* 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 199,430 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 465 are men and 543 are women
- 56% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 41 years old
- 337 in Dublin, 96 in Galway, 65 in Cork, 60 in Kildare, 48 in Louth and the remaining 407 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 2pm today, 1,334 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 203 are in ICU. There have been 66 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"At the outset of this pandemic, as a global community we knew much less about COVID-19 than we do now. We did not know then that today we would have a portfolio of approved vaccines to mitigate the worst effects of COVID-19, adding to our toolkit of public health measures such as social distancing, reducing contacts, mask-wearing, cough/sneeze hygiene and washing our hands.
"Now more than ever, as we are continuing to see the tragic effects of the recent surge of COVID-19 infection in the form of mortality, hospitalisation and ICU admission, we should remember the public health advice that has carried us so far in this pandemic, and helped us to suppress COVID-19 together successfully in the past.
"It is the collective hard work and ongoing sacrifice of people across Ireland in following these public health measures that will keep us all safe at this time, as we look ahead to the increased rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon. Keep it up, and encourage others to do the same. In short: the present is the time to protect yourself and stay safe, in order to receive your vaccine in the future."
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ENDS
County-by-county cases and incidence rates
- the 7-day incidence is 174.7
- the 5-day moving average is 1,121