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.
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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) |
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Ireland |
1,254 |
1,269 |
574.7 |
27,368 |
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Monaghan |
41 |
45 |
1223.4 |
751 |
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|
Louth |
29 |
57 |
889.9 |
1,147 |
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|
Waterford |
34 |
48 |
788.5 |
916 |
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|
Carlow |
<5 |
22 |
785.1 |
447 |
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|
Wexford |
69 |
50 |
693.3 |
1,038 |
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Dublin |
437 |
421 |
678 |
9,135 |
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|
Mayo |
13 |
42 |
672 |
877 |
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|
Cavan |
15 |
14 |
605.2 |
461 |
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Offaly |
18 |
23 |
592.6 |
462 |
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|
Meath |
76 |
54 |
587.6 |
1,146 |
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Limerick |
55 |
49 |
568.5 |
1,108 |
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|
Donegal |
40 |
41 |
544.6 |
867 |
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|
Kildare |
62 |
49 |
536.6 |
1,194 |
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|
Cork |
146 |
128 |
518.5 |
2,815 |
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|
Galway |
45 |
56 |
480.9 |
1,241 |
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|
Laois |
18 |
17 |
465.2 |
394 |
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Tipperary |
14 |
29 |
449.4 |
717 |
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Clare |
15 |
20 |
377.9 |
449 |
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Sligo |
12 |
10 |
372.3 |
244 |
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Westmeath |
27 |
19 |
371.7 |
330 |
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Longford |
14 |
11 |
369.4 |
151 |
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Wicklow |
33 |
27 |
368.6 |
525 |
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Kilkenny |
6 |
13 |
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