Coronavirus: 12 More Deaths Confirmed

Sunday, 7 February 2021 00:00

News updates for Sunday 7th February 2021.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

All 12 of these deaths occurred in February.

The median age of those who died is 76 years and the age range is 60-90 years.

There has been a total of 3,686 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Saturday 6th February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,024 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 203,568* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

490 are men / 533 are women

65% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 35 years old

380 are in Dublin, 70 in Meath, 63 in Cork, 55 in Galway, 48 in Limerick and the remaining 408 cases are spread across all other counties. **

As of 2pm today, 1,204 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 178 are in ICU. 35 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 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 203,568 confirmed cases reflects this.

**County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 06 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County	Today's cases**	5-Day Moving Average of New Cases	14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population	New Cases during last 14 days
County	(to midnight 06Feb2021)	5-Day Moving Average of New Cases	(to 06Feb2021)	(to 06Feb2021)
Ireland	1024	1,044.80	338.2	16,106
Monaghan	34	26.4	738	453
Waterford	36	35.8	495.8	576
Louth	26	33.6	471	607
Carlow	0	17.8	467.2	266
Wexford	23	43.2	451.5	676
Dublin	380	346.8	412.4	5,557
Mayo	29	29.2	377.8	493
Meath	70	51.2	351.2	685
Offaly	8	17	347.6	271
Galway	55	65.4	334.4	863
Donegal	47	35.2	322.9	514
Limerick	48	40.8	316.1	616
Kildare	46	53.6	302.9	674
Laois	21	17.8	298.7	253
Longford	13	9.2	298.5	122
Cork	63	88.6	272.8	1,481
Cavan	18	14.2	254.7	194
Sligo	15	12.2	253.3	166
Westmeath	23	18.4	252.3	224
Wicklow	24	22.8	231.7	330
Tipperary	5	15.2	219.4