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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 23 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

21 of these deaths occurred in February and two occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 57 - 95 years.

There has been a total of 3,865* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 11th February, the HPSC has been notified of 921 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 207,720** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 453 are men / 466 are women
  • 66% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 414 in Dublin, 87 in Cork, 51 in Kildare, 48 in Limerick, 47 in Meath and the remaining 274 cases are spread across all other counties.***

As of 8am today, 959 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU. 53 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 9, 248,284 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 158,904 people have received their first dose
  • 89,380 people have received their second dose

Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “We have made progress in Ireland over recent weeks, but the rate of transmission of the disease is still extremely high and the risks COVID-19 poses to our vulnerable loved ones have not changed.”

“Everyone is working hard to drive down COVID-19 infection in the community, and we must all continue to limit the number of daily contacts we have. The only way to limit the spread of COVID-19 is to limit our social contacts and follow the public health advice, wash our hands, maintain a social distance, wear a face covering where appropriate, work from home and stay at home.”

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. 

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 deaths. The figure of 3,865 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 207,720 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 11 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases***

(to midnight 11Feb2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 11Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 11Feb2021)

Ireland

921

835

292.8

13,942

Monaghan

<5

14

514.8

316

Carlow

19

15

402.2

229

Waterford

15

20

388.2

451

Dublin

414

352

386.8

5,211

Louth

16

29

360.8

465

Wexford

9

19

342

512

Offaly

23

23

337.3

263

Meath

47

39

313.8

612

Galway

32

39

303.8

784

Laois

15

17

297.5

252

Cavan

22

19

290.1

221

Mayo

10

19

287.3

375

Kildare

51

40

284.9

634

Limerick

48

32

274

534

Longford

9

6

244.7

100

Donegal

9

15

233.1

371

Westmeath

22

14

224.2

199

Sligo

<5

5

215.2

141

Cork

87

53

203.9

1,107

Wicklow

6

13

183.3

261

Tipperary

25

18

182.4

291

Leitrim

5

2

140.4

45

Clare

12

9

134.7

160

Roscommon

<5

5

133.2

86

Kilkenny

11

8

132

131

Kerry

<5

10

129.3

191

~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 s

~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 126.6
  • 5-day moving average is 835