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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 25 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

5 deaths occurred in March,13 occurred in February and 6 in occurred January or earlier*.

There has been a total of 4,357** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 2nd March, the HPSC has been notified of 566 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 221,189*** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 280 are men / 284 are female
  • 68% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 233 in Dublin, 37 in Kildare, 30 in Meath, 25 in Donegal, 24 in Westmeath and the remaining 217 cases are spread across all other counties****.

As of 8am today, 489 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 114 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 28th February, 439,782 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 297,899 people have received their first dose
  • 141,883 people have received their second dose

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.

Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “Through the hard work and sacrifice of the vast majority of people, key disease indicators continue on a positive trajectory. However, we are still seeing outbreaks in the community, including those linked to extended families, workplaces and funerals. We need to keep up our guard against the B117 variant of COVID-19, which we know is dominant in Ireland at present and highly transmissible.

“Our willingness to stick with the public health advice in our daily routine has brought us the progress that we can see today. Together, through staying at home as much as possible, social distancing, hand washing and wearing face coverings, we can continue to drive down the spread of COVID-19.”  

ENDS//

*There is one death where the date of death is under investigation.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,357 reflects this.

***Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 221,189 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 02 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases****

(to midnight 02Mar2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 02Mar2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 02Mar2021)

Ireland

566

591

199.4

9,497

Offaly

21

23

402.8

314

Longford

12

15

379.2

155

Westmeath

24

19

289.5

257

Dublin

233

246

274.4

3,697

Limerick

24

31

264.8

516

Louth

21

21

263.8

340

Laois

11

11

231.4

196

Kildare

37

23

225.6

502

Galway

17

28

222.8

575

Meath

30

25

214.3

418

Mayo

8

15

212.2

277

Donegal

25

19

199.1

317

Monaghan

<5

5

190.6

117

Tipperary

11

16

184.3

294

Waterford

6

6

174.7

203

Carlow

<5

6

172.1

98

Cavan

<5

5

151

115

Clare

19

13

149.8

178

Leitrim

<5

2

131.1

42

Roscommon

<5

6

116.2

75

Wicklow

10

9

99

141

Sligo

<5

3

82.4

54

Wexford

7

9

80.1

120

Kilkenny

<5

3

76.6

76

Cork

19

23

61.2

332

Kerry

8

9

59.6

88

~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 91.2
  • 5-day moving average 591