Coronavirus: 61 Further Deaths Confirmed Today

National news updates on Wednesday 20th January.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 61 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 58* deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 41-100 years.

There has been a total of 2,768** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 19th January, the HPSC has been notified of 2,488 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 179,324*** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 1,090 are men / 1,383 are women
  • 51% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 44 years old
  • 726 in Dublin, 314 in Cork, 148 in Galway, 133 in Limerick, 130 in Meath and the remaining 1,037 cases are spread across all other counties. 

 

As of 2pm today, 1,923 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 210 were in ICU at 11am. 85 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The number of cases and deaths that we are reporting today and the persisting high incidence rate of COVID-19 across the country shows that we cannot underestimate the highly infectious nature of this disease and the impact that it can have on families and communities.

 

“The virus spreads through close contacts, through the congregation of people. We need everyone to stay at home as much as possible, and to work from home, where possible. You should not meet up with friends or loved ones, unless you are caring for them. If you go out for exercise, you need to stay within 5km from your home, wear a face covering where appropriate and wash your hands when you return home to protect yourself from infection.

 

“If you are COVID positive you should self-isolate and stay at home, in your room, avoiding contact with other people. This is to protect the other people that you live with.”

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

*There are 3 deaths where the date of death is under investigation.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 2,768 deaths reflects this

***Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 179,324 confirmed cases reflects this.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

 

Today's cases

(to midnight 19Jan2021)

 

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 19Jan2021)

 

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 19Jan2021)

 

Ireland

 

2,488

 

1,222.8

 

58,227

 

Monaghan

 

91

 

2,264.4

 

1,390

 

Waterford

 

95

 

1,792.1

 

2,082

 

Louth

 

48

 

1,741.9

 

2,245

 

Wexford

 

23

 

1,695.1

 

2,538

 

Carlow

 

50

 

1,605.4

 

914

 

Limerick

 

133

 

1,594.2

 

3,107

 

Mayo

 

87

 

1,550.1

 

2,023

 

Dublin

 

726

 

1,340.4

 

18,060

 

Clare

 

46

 

1,285.2

 

1,527

 

Cork

 

314

 

1,280.4

 

6,951

 

Donegal

 

84

 

1,189.8

 

1,894

 

Cavan

 

55

 

1,140.8

 

869

 

Galway

 

148

 

1,041.6

 

2,688

 

Meath

 

130

 

1,012.6

 

1,975

 

Kilkenny

 

31

 

990.6

 

983

 

Tipperary

 

76

 

970.8

 

1,549

 

Kildare

 

112

 

933.9

 

2,078

 

Roscommon

 

12

 

866.1

 

559

 

Laois

 

38

 

851.3

 

721

 

Offaly

 

32

 

806.8

 

629

 

Kerry

 

53

 

796.2

 

1,176

 

Wicklow

 

33

 

671.2

 

956

 

Sligo

 

25

 

656.1

 

430

 

Westmeath

 

29

 

588.0

 

522

 

Longford

 

11

 

516.2

 

211

 

Leitrim

 

6

 

468.1

 

150

 

5-day moving average 2,556

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