Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 16 February

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 33 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.

There has been a total of 3,980* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,980 deaths reflects this.)

As of midnight Monday 15 February, the HPSC has been notified of 744 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 211,113* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 33 confirmed cases. The figure of 211,113 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 373 are male and 366 are female
• 68% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 31 years old
• 301 in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 8am today, 861 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU. There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of Saturday 13 February, there have been 268,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 176,926 people have received their first dose
• 91,625 people have received their second dose

The COVID-19 Dashboard 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.

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