Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 12 February
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 12 February 2021
- Last updated on: 12 February 2021
Today's cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 23 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
21 of these deaths occurred in February and two occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 57 - 95 years.
There has been a total of 3,865* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 deaths. The figure of 3,865 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Thursday 11 February, the HPSC has been notified of 921 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 207,720* * 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 207,720 cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 453 are men and 466 are women
- 66% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 34 years old
- 414 in Dublin, 87 in Cork, 51 in Kildare, 48 in Limerick, 47 in Meath and the remaining 274 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 8am today, 959 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU. There have been 53 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Numbers of people vaccinated
As of 9 February, there have been 248,284 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 158,904 people have received their first dose
- 89,380 people have received their second dose
Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"We have made progress in Ireland over recent weeks, but the rate of transmission of the disease is still extremely high and the risks COVID-19 poses to our vulnerable loved ones have not changed.
"Everyone is working hard to drive down COVID-19 infection in the community, and we must all continue to limit the number of daily contacts we have. The only way to limit the spread of COVID-19 is to limit our social contacts and follow the public health advice, wash our hands, maintain a social distance, wear a face covering where appropriate, work from home and stay at home."
The COVID-19 data hubprovides 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 126.6
- the 5-day moving average is 835