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Coronavirus: 3,086 New Cases; 46 Deaths Reported In Ireland

Tuesday, 12 January 2021 06:55

National news updates on Tuesday 12th January.

Latest Figures: 

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 46 additional deaths related to COVID-19. 2 of these deaths occurred in December 2020, and the remaining 44 occurred in January 2021.

There has been a total of 2,397 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 11th January, the HPSC has been notified of 3,086 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 155,591* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

1,425 are men / 1,642 are women

54% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 42 years old

604 cases are in Galway, 574 in Dublin, 466 in Mayo, 187 in Cork, 138 in Limerick and the remaining 1,117 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 2pm today, 1,692 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 158 are in ICU. 128 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “Unfortunately this evening we are seeing the effect of the recent surge of infections reflected in the increased mortality we are reporting. Unfortunately, due to the unsustainably high level of COVID-19 infection we have experienced as a country over the past few weeks, sadly these figures are likely to continue for the next period of time. What we can do today, out of respect of those who have lost their lives and those currently in hospital or ICU - and those caring for them - is to hold firm and stay home.”

Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “At least one in three patients admitted to hospital or critical care in January have been under the age of 65 years. This clearly demonstrates that COVID-19 affects us all, regardless of age or underlying condition. It highlights the need for us all to protect one another by staying at home. Not only will you keep yourself and your loved ones safe, but also help avoid more preventable COVID-19 admissions to our currently struggling healthcare system.”

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 34 confirmed cases. The figure of 155,591 confirmed cases reflects this.

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 11Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (29Dec2020 to 11Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (29Dec2020 to 11Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

         3,086

  

1410.3

  

67,157

  

Monaghan

  

               33

  

2650.4

  

1,627

  

Louth

  

               87

  

2302.1

  

2,967

  

Limerick

  

            138

  

2029.3

  

3,955

  

Waterford

  

            128

  

1747.3

  

2,030

  

Wexford

  

            105

  

1693.8

  

2,536

  

Mayo

  

            466

  

1605.3

  

2,095

  

Dublin

  

            574

  

1577.7

  

21,257

  

Carlow

  

               26

  

1510.6

  

860

  

Cavan

  

               29

  

1499.2

  

1,142

  

Clare

  

               75

  

1498.1

  

1,780

  

Donegal

  

               81

  

1490.7

  

2,373

  

Cork

  

            187

  

1451.0

  

7,877

  

Meath

  

            103

  

1198.2

  

2,337

  

Kilkenny

  

               20

  

1196.2

  

1,187

  

Sligo

  

               10

  

1139.8

  

747

  

Kerry

  

               53

  

1088.0

  

1,607

  

Galway

  

            604

  

1033.9

  

2,668

  

Kildare

  

               66

  

1032.8

  

2,298

  

Roscommon

  

            116

  

983.8

  

635

  

Offaly

  

               32

  

954.3

  

744

  

Longford

  

                 6

  

917.5

  

375

  

Laois

  

               40

  

913.8

  

774

  

Tipperary

  

               52

  

906.3

  

1,446

  

Westmeath

  

               29

  

732.2

  

650

  

Leitrim

  

                 3

  

708.4

  

227

  

Wicklow

  

               23

  

 

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