Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 8 February
From Department of Health
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From Department of Health
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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:
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:
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 | Today's cases (to midnight 7/2/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 829 | 1,008 | 326.9 | 15,566 |
| Monaghan | 12 | 27 | 692.3 | 425 |
| Carlow | 30 | 21 | 505.9 | 288 |
| Waterford | 9 | 29 | 446.7 | 519 |
| Louth | 32 | 30 | 444.6 | 573 |
| Wexford | 11 | 37 | 404.8 | 606 |
| Dublin | 386 | 356 | 403.8 | 5,440 |
| Mayo | 17 | 27 | 364 | 475 |
| Meath | 39 | 50 | 348.1 | 679 |
| Galway | 28 | 53 | 336.7 | 869 |
| Offaly | 12 | 15 | 320.7 | 250 |
| Limerick | 32 | 44 | 316.1 | 616 |
| Donegal | 9 | 29 | 308.4 | 491 |
| Kildare | 35 | 49 | 298.4 | 664 |
| Longford | 7 | 9 | 293.6 | 120 |
| Cavan | 32 | 19 | 283.6 | 216 |
| Laois | 11 | 18 | 281 | 238 |
| Cork | 36 | 83 | 249.6 | 1,355 |
| Westmeath | 15 | 18 | 249 | 221 |
| Sligo | <5 | 10 | 241.1 | 158 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 19 | 221.2 | 315 |
| Tipperary | 27 | 17 | 213.1 | 340 |
| Clare | 10 | 13 | 173.4 | 206 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 4 | 156 | 50 |
| Kilkenny | 14 | 11 | 151.2 | 150 |
| Kerry | 5 | 14 | 146.9 | 217 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 7 | 131.7 | 85 |