Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 10 February
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 10 February 2021
- Last updated on: 11 February 2021
Today's cases
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 of these deaths occurred in February, 5 occurred in January and 4 are still under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 86 years and the age range was 48 - 104 years.
There has been a total of 3,794* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 12 deaths. The figure of 3,794 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Tuesday 9 February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,006 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 205,939* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 cases. The figure of 205,939 cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 476 are men and 524 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 516 in Dublin, 63 in Cork, 46 in Galway, 43 in Meath, 36 in Louth and the remaining 302 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 8am today, 1,032 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU. There have been 40 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Numbers of people vaccinated
As of 7 February, there have been 240,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 153,654 people have received their first dose
- 86,833 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
County-by-county cases and incidence rates
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 9/2/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 1,006 | 848 | 312.1 | 14,861 |
| Monaghan | 34 | 23 | 623.9 | 383 |
| Waterford | 22 | 23 | 435.5 | 506 |
| Carlow | 7 | 12 | 407.5 | 232 |
| Wexford | 27 | 27 | 406.8 | 609 |
| Dublin | 516 | 348 | 402.6 | 5,425 |
| Louth | 36 | 26 | 386.4 | 498 |
| Mayo | 8 | 19 | 336.4 | 439 |
| Meath | 43 | 42 | 319.9 | 624 |
| Offaly | 27 | 16 | 318.1 | 248 |
| Galway | 46 | 43 | 316.6 | 817 |
| Limerick | 35 | 32 | 300.2 | 585 |
| Laois | 21 | 17 | 292.8 | 248 |
| Kildare | 32 | 36 | 290.3 | 646 |
| Donegal | 22 | 21 | 281.4 | 448 |
| Longford | <5 | 7 | 266.7 | 109 |
| Cavan | <5 | 14 | 258.6 | 197 |
| Sligo | 7 | 7 | 238 | 156 |
| Westmeath | 7 | 13 | 227.6 | 202 |
| Cork | 63 | 56 | 226.4 | 1,229 |
| Wicklow | 20 | 18 | 217.7 | 310 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 14 | 188.7 | 301 |
| Clare | <5 | 10 | 150.7 | 179 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 7 | 139.1 | 138 |
| Kerry | 9 | 12 | 137.4 | 203 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 137.3 | 44 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 5 | 131.7 | 85 |
- the 7-day incidence is 138.6
- the 5-day moving average is 848