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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

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**

(to midnight 06Feb2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 06Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 06Feb2021)

Ireland

1024

1,044.8

338.2

16,106

Monaghan

34

26.4

738.0

453

Waterford

36

35.8

495.8

576

Louth

26

33.6

471.0

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

17.0

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

350

Clare

14

13.2

184.3

219

Leitrim

<5

4.2

159.2

51

Kilkenny

3

10.2

155.2

154

Kerry

14

16.8

153.7

227

Roscommon

8

6.0

130.1

84

~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out

~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.

fluctuations in case numbers

  • 7 day incidence is 150.3
  • 5-day moving average is 1,045