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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 15 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

All 15 deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 84 years and the age range is 68-99 years.

There has been a total of 3,307 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Saturday 30th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,247 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 196,547* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 579 are men / 659 are women
  • 60% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 39 years old
  • 430 in Dublin, 97 in Wexford, 87 in Cork, 84 in Limerick, 76 in Galway and the remaining 473 cases are spread across all other counties**

As of 2pm today, 1,516 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. 39 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “There is an onus on employers to ensure that, in the first instance, staff are encouraged to work from home and in cases where that is not possible, that their workplaces are safe for staff and customers and in full compliance with infection prevention and control measures.

“The HPSC has comprehensive guidance on outbreak management and infection prevention control measures that every employer should be familiar with and activating on their premises. I encourage all employers and managers to review their workplaces and ensure they have effective measures in place.”

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 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 196,547 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 30 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases (to midnight 30Jan2021)

5 day moving average (to midnight 30Jan2021)

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (17Jan2021 to 30Jan2021)

New Cases during last 14 days (17Jan2021 to30Jan2021)

Ireland

1,247

         1,342

501.0

         23,856

Monaghan

23

               35

1070.3

               657

Louth

36

               47

737.9

               951

Carlow

13

               25

725.4

               413

Waterford

55

               49

689.5

               801

Wexford

97

               51

634.5

               950

Dublin

430

            477

606.9

           8,177

Mayo

30

               43

570.1

               744

Meath

33

               56

504.0

               983

Offaly

19

               20

500.3

               390

Limerick

84

               57

495.6

               966

Cavan

20

               18

491.0

               374

Donegal

31

               48

479.9

               764

Kildare

48

               52

452.6

           1,007

Galway

76

               75

426.7

           1,101

Cork

87

            111

426.4

           2,315

Longford

<5

               12

386.6

               158

Tipperary

32

               32

384.2

               613

Laois

22

               16

379.0

               321

Sligo

15

               15

358.6

               235

Wicklow

33

               28

346.9

               494

Westmeath

11

               17

318.8

               283

Clare

19

               19

308.9

               367

Kerry

12

               18

238.3

               352

Kilkenny

<5

               10

234.8

               233

Roscommon

8

                 8

216.9

               140

Leitrim

6

                 4

209.1

                 67

~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.

  • 7 Day Incidence is 189.7
  • 5-day moving average is 1,342