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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 28 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

27 of these deaths occurred in February, 1 in January.

The median age of those who died was 79 years and the age range was 32-97 years.

There has been a total of 4,109* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 18th February, the HPSC has been notified of 763 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 213,400** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 370 are men / 388 are women
  • 72% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 30 years old
  • 251 in Dublin, 84 in Galway, 57 in Kildare, 47 in Limerick, 42 in Waterford and the remaining 282 cases are spread across all other counties.***

As of 8am today, 754 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU. 46 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 16th, 293,752 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 187,893 people have received their first dose
  • 105,859 people have received their second dose

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “The past year has been very difficult for people and we still have a way to go. Incidence remains very high and we cannot drop our guard.

“But better days are in sight. People continue to respond to public health advice and act in solidarity with one another. We have a dedicated and committed health workforce and we are learning more about this disease all the time. We now have three very safe and effective vaccines being rolled out and supply should increase very substantially over the coming weeks.

“Please continue in your efforts as we seek to ensure that as many people as possible can benefit from vaccination.”

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 1 death. The figure of 4,109 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 10 confirmed cases. The figure of 213,400 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 18 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases**

(to midnight 18Feb2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 18Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 18Feb2021)

Ireland

763

775

246.9

11759

Monaghan

18

15

402.4

247

Offaly

23

22

373.3

291

Dublin

251

303

348.6

4697

Galway

84

69

328.6

848

Laois

13

16

299.9

254

Waterford

42

24

278

323

Meath

29

34

275.3

537

Longford

11

10

271.6

111

Louth

19

21

269.2

347

Cavan

15

12

263.9

201

Kildare

57

43

258.9

576

Limerick

47

38

246.3

480

Mayo

23

23

245.2

320

Westmeath

18

13

244.5

217

Carlow

<5

6

238.9

136

Wexford

<5

15

204.4

306

Donegal

26

19

164.6

262

Leitrim

5

5

162.3

52

Tipperary

7

17

151

241

Clare

9

13

136.3

162

Sligo

7

5

129.7

85

Wicklow

13

9

124.3

177

Roscommon

<5

5

119.3

77

Cork

28

30

113.8

618

Kilkenny

6

5

92.7

92

Kerry

<5

2

69.1

102

~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.