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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 61 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 58* deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 41-100 years.

There has been a total of 2,768** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 19th January, the HPSC has been notified of 2,488 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 179,324*** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 1,090 are men / 1,383 are women
  • 51% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 44 years old
  • 726 in Dublin, 314 in Cork, 148 in Galway, 133 in Limerick, 130 in Meath and the remaining 1,037 cases are spread across all other counties. 

As of 2pm today, 1,923 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 210 were in ICU at 11am. 85 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The number of cases and deaths that we are reporting today and the persisting high incidence rate of COVID-19 across the country shows that we cannot underestimate the highly infectious nature of this disease and the impact that it can have on families and communities.

“The virus spreads through close contacts, through the congregation of people. We need everyone to stay at home as much as possible, and to work from home, where possible. You should not meet up with friends or loved ones, unless you are caring for them. If you go out for exercise, you need to stay within 5km from your home, wear a face covering where appropriate and wash your hands when you return home to protect yourself from infection.

“If you are COVID positive you should self-isolate and stay at home, in your room, avoiding contact with other people. This is to protect the other people that you live with.”

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

 *There are 3 deaths 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 2,768 deaths reflects this

***Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 179,324 confirmed cases reflects this.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

Today's cases

(to midnight 19Jan2021)

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 19Jan2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 19Jan2021)

Ireland

2,488

1,222.8

58,227

Monaghan

91

2,264.4

1,390

Waterford

95

1,792.1

2,082

Louth

48

1,741.9

2,245

Wexford

23

1,695.1

2,538

Carlow

50

1,605.4

914

Limerick

133

1,594.2

3,107

Mayo

87

1,550.1

2,023

Dublin

726

1,340.4

18,060

Clare

46

1,285.2

1,527

Cork

314

1,280.4

6,951

Donegal

84

1,189.8

1,894

Cavan

55

1,140.8

869

Galway

148

1,041.6

2,688

Meath

130

1,012.6

1,975

Kilkenny

31

990.6

983

Tipperary

76

970.8

1,549

Kildare

112

933.9

2,078

Roscommon

12

866.1

559

Laois

38

851.3

721

Offaly

32

806.8

629

Kerry

53

796.2

1,176

Wicklow

33

671.2

956

Sligo

25

656.1

430

Westmeath

29

588.0

522

Longford

11

516.2

211

Leitrim

6

468.1

150

 

5-day moving average 2,556

7-day incidence 424.8