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Coronavirus: 17 Further Deaths, Over 7,800 New Cases

Tuesday, 5 January 2021 16:08

National news updates on Wednesday 6th January.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,299 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 5th January, the HPSC has been notified of 7,836 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 121,154* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 3,740 are men / 4,078 are women
  • 63% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 36 years old
  • 2,263 in Dublin, 1,373 in Cork, 496 in Louth, 345 in Limerick, 340 in Meath and the remaining 3,019 cases are spread across all other counties. 

 

As of 2pm today, 954 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 88 are in ICU. 105 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “The country is in a serious phase of this surge of COVID-19. There is evidence of an increasing presence of the UK variant in Ireland. All counties have an upward trajectory of the disease. There is concerning escalation of admissions to hospital and ICU. We are very likely to see escalating mortality and ICU admissions in the coming days and weeks.

“It has never been more important, throughout our experience of this pandemic, to stay home and only meet people outside of your household for essential purposes, always adhering to public health advice; physical distance, hand hygiene, cough/sneeze etiquette, wearing a face covering.”

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 121,154 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 05 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 05Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 05Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 05Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

7,836

  

819.1

  

39,005

  

Monaghan

  

275

  

1638.8

  

1,006

  

Louth

  

496

  

1528.5

  

1,970

  

Limerick

  

345

  

1252.4

  

2,441

  

Donegal

  

231

  

1052.8

  

1,676

  

Cavan

  

160

  

1013.4

  

772

  

Dublin

  

2,263

  

955.2

  

12,870

  

Sligo

  

93

  

866.7

  

568

  

Cork

  

1,373

  

815.9

  

4,429

  

Mayo

  

121

  

808.4

  

1,055

  

Meath

  

340

  

759.8

  

1,482

  

Kerry

  

235

  

721.7

  

1,066

  

Wexford

  

244

  

687.9

  

1,030

  

Clare

  

147

  

681.7

  

810

  

Carlow

  

86

  

665.7

  

379

  

Longford

  

78

  

650.8

  

266

  

Kildare

  

276

  

640.4

  

1,425

  

Kilkenny

  

85

  

633.9

  

629

  

Waterford

  

186

  

631.8

  

734

  

Offaly

  

135

  

628.5

  

490

  

Laois

  

107

  

606.9

  

514

  

Galway

  

178

  

509.6

  

1,315

  

Westmeath

  

123

  

503.5

  

447

  

Roscommon

  

25

  

480.3

  

310

  

Leitrim

  

24

  

477.5

  

153

  

Tipperary

  

113

  

391.7

  

625

  

Wicklow

  

97

  

381.3

  

543

  

 

The following table has been included to show both positive tests and confirmed cases in the latest 14-day period. Normally, the number of confirmed cases reported on a given day correlates with the number of positive tests the preceding day, allowing for validation and removal of duplicates.

 

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