Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 8 February

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

5 of these deaths occurred in February, and 1 occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 75-95 years.

There has been a total of 3,687* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 deaths. The figure of 3,687 deaths reflects this.)

As of midnight Sunday 7 February, the HPSC has been notified of 829 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 204,397 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 401 are men and 426 are women
• 63% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 35 years old
• 386 in Dublin, 39 in Meath, 36 in Cork, 35 in Kildare, 32 in Louth and the remaining 301 cases are spread across 20 other counties

As of 8am today, 1,212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 176 are in ICU. There have been 39 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 5 February, 230,766 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 151,212 people have received their first dose
• 79,554 people have received their second dose

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

• the 7-day incidence is 145.5
• the 5-day moving average is 1,008

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