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Coronavirus: 1,254 New Confirmed Cases; 48 Deaths In Ireland Today

Friday, 29 January 2021 17:40

National news updates on Friday 29th January.

Latest Figures:

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.

As of midnight, Thursday 28th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 193,892** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

587 are men / 658 are women

54% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 42 years old

437 in Dublin, 146 in Cork, 76 in Meath, 69 in Wexford, 62 in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties***

As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. 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.

* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 confirmed cases reflects this.

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 28Jan2021)

  

5 day moving average (to midnight 28Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021)

  

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

  

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