National news updates on Tuesday 23rd February.
Latest Figures:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 45 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
41 of these deaths occurred in February, 4 in January.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 55-104 years.
There has been a total of 4,181* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 22nd February, the HPSC has been notified of 575 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 216,300** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
272 are men / 298 are women
68% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 32 years old
218 in Dublin, 38 in Galway, 35 in Louth, 27 in Limerick, 26 in Westmeath and the remaining 231 cases are spread across 20 other counties.***
As of 8am today, 693 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 150 are in ICU. 37 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 20th, 350,322 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
219,899 people have received their first dose
130,423 people have received their second dose
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,181 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 8 cases. The figure of 216,300 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.
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County |
Today's cases (to midnight 22Feb2021) |
5 day moving average (to midnight 22Feb2021) |
14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Feb2021 to 22Feb2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days (09Feb2021 to 22Feb2021) |
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Ireland |
575 |
737 |
240.4 |
11,448 |
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|
Offaly |
22 |
26 |
441.2 |
344 |
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|
Monaghan |
12 |
13 |
342.1 |
210 |
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|
Dublin |
218 |
271 |
339.4 |
4,573 |
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|
Galway |
38 |
52 |
330.5 |
853 |
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|
Louth |
35 |
29 |
296.4 |
382 |
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|
Laois |
10 |
15 |
295.2 |
250 |
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|
Kildare |
23 |
45 |
269.2 |
599 |
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|
Waterford |
20 |
24 |
263.4 |
306 |
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|
Limerick |
27 |
41 |
262.7 |
512 |
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|
Mayo |
15 |
25 |
255.2 |
333 |
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|
Longford |
<5 |
6 |
254.4 |
104 |
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|
Westmeath |
26 |
17 |
253.5 |
225 |
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|
Meath |
23 |
26 |
242.5 |
473 |
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|
Cavan |
5 |
12 |
233.7 |
178 |
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|
Carlow |
<5 |
7 |
209 |
119 |
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|
Tipperary |
10 |
23 |
180.5 |
288 |
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|
Leitrim |
<5 |
3 |
174.8 |
56 |
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Donegal |
15 |
21 |
161.4 |
257 |
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Wexford |
6 |
8 |
157 |
235 |
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Clare |
12 |
13 |
149 |
177 |
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Roscommon |
10 |
6 |
122.4 |
79 |
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Wicklow |
8 |
13 |
113 |
161 |
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Sligo |
7 |
5 |
112.9 |
74 |
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Kilkenny |
0 |
8 |
97.8 |
97 |
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Cork |
23 |
24 |
91.6 |
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