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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 48 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

45 deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.

There has been a total of 3,214* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 28th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 193,892** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 587 are men / 658 are women
  • 54% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 42 years old
  • 437 in Dublin, 146 in Cork, 76 in Meath, 69 in Wexford, 62 in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties***

As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. 51 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 1 death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 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 29 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases (to midnight 28Jan2021)

5 day moving average (to midnight 28Jan2021)

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021)

New Cases during last 14 days (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021)

Ireland

         1,254

         1,269

574.7

27,368

Monaghan

               41

               45

1223.4

               751

Louth

               29

               57

889.9

           1,147

Waterford

               34

               48

788.5

               916

Carlow

<5

               22

785.1

               447

Wexford

               69

               50

693.3

           1,038

Dublin

            437

            421

678

           9,135

Mayo

               13

               42

672

               877

Cavan

               15

               14

605.2

               461

Offaly

               18

               23

592.6

               462

Meath

               76

               54

587.6

           1,146

Limerick

               55

               49

568.5

           1,108

Donegal

               40

               41

544.6

               867

Kildare

               62

               49

536.6

           1,194

Cork

            146

            128

518.5

           2,815

Galway

               45

               56

480.9

           1,241

Laois

               18

               17

465.2

               394

Tipperary

               14

               29

449.4

               717

Clare

               15

               20

377.9

               449

Sligo

               12

               10

372.3

               244

Westmeath

               27

               19

371.7

               330

Longford

               14

               11

369.4

               151

Wicklow

               33

               27

368.6

               525

Kilkenny

                 6

               13

306.4

               304

Kerry

               20

               17

274.9

               406

Roscommon

                 8

                 5

258.7

               167

Leitrim

<5

                 3

237.2

                 76

~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 202.2
  • 5-day moving average is 1,269