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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 47 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

44 of these deaths occurred in February, 2 occurred in January and 1 in December.

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 - 99 years.

There has been a total of 4,082* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Wednesday 17th February, the HPSC has been notified of 901 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 212,647** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 473 are men / 422 are women
  • 65% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 36 years old
  • 437 in Dublin, 49 in Limerick, 43 in Galway, 39 in Kildare, 32 in Meath and the remaining 301 cases are spread across all other counties.***

As of 8am today, 771 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU. 48 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 15, 280,581 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 182,193 people have received their first dose
  • 98,388 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.

 *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,082 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 212,647 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 17 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today's cases***

(to midnight 17Feb2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 17Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 17Feb2021)

Ireland

901

780

252.9

12,042

Monaghan

10

15

420.3

258

Offaly

15

21

369.4

288

Dublin

437

316

351.5

4,736

Galway

43

64

308.5

796

Laois

22

17

303.4

257

Louth

14

26

286.3

369

Meath

32

40

280.4

547

Waterford

19

18

274.6

319

Longford

16

9

274.0

112

Carlow

7

7

267.0

152

Cavan

7

11

261.2

199

Mayo

27

22

259.0

338

Kildare

39

38

254.4

566

Limerick

49

36

254.0

495

Wexford

21

18

253.1

379

Westmeath

16

14

247.8

220

Donegal

29

16

176.5

281

Leitrim

9

5

156.0

50

Tipperary

19

18

150.4

240

Clare

16

13

144.8

172

Sligo

5

5

135.8

89

Cork

31

31

130.6

709

Roscommon

7

5

128.6

83

Wicklow

6

8

128.5

183

Kilkenny

<5

5

99.8

99

Kerry

<5

2

71.1

105

~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 123.9
  • 5-day moving average is 780