Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 29 January
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 48 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.
There has been a total of 3,214* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Thursday 28 January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 193,892* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
ENDS
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 28/1/21) | 5-day moving average of new cases (to 28/1/21) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 28/1/21) | New cases during last 14 days (to 28/1/21) | |
| Ireland | 1,254 | 1,269 | 574.7 | 27,368 | |
| Monaghan | 41 | 45 | 1223.4 | 751 | |
| Louth | 29 | 57 | 889.9 | 1,147 | |
| Waterford | 34 | 48 | 788.5 | 916 | |
| Carlow | <5 | 22 | 785.1 | 447 | |
| Wexford | 69 | 50 | 693.3 | 1,038 | |
| Dublin | 437 | 421 | 678 | 9,135 | |
| Mayo | 13 | 42 | 672 | 877 | |
| Cavan | 15 | 14 | 605.2 | 461 | |
| Offaly | 18 | 23 | 592.6 | 462 | |
| Meath | 76 | 54 | 587.6 | 1,146 | |
| Limerick | 55 | 49 | 568.5 | 1,108 | |
| Donegal | 40 | 41 | 544.6 | 867 | |
| Kildare | 62 | 49 | 536.6 | 1,194 | |
| Cork | 146 | 128 | 518.5 | 2,815 | |
| Galway | 45 | 56 | 480.9 | 1,241 | |
| Laois | 18 | 17 | 465.2 | 394 | |
| Tipperary | 14 | 29 | 449.4 | 717 | |
| Clare | 15 | 20 | 377.9 | 449 | |
| Sligo | 12 | 10 | 372.3 | 244 | |
| Westmeath | 27 | 19 | 371.7 | 330 | |
| Longford | 14 | 11 | 369.4 | 151 | |
| Wicklow | 33 | 27 | 368.6 | 525 | |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 13 | 306.4 | 304 | |
| Kerry | 20 | 17 | 274.9 | 406 | |
| Roscommon | 8 | 5 | 258.7 | 167 | |
| Leitrim | <5 | 3 | 237.2 | 76 |