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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 4,136 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Saturday 20th February, the HPSC has been notified of 679 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 215,057 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 335 are men / 342 are women
  • 71% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 32 years old
  • 230 in Dublin, 59 in Limerick, 48 in Galway, 47 in Kildare, 29 in Tipperary and the remaining 266 cases are spread across 19 other counties.*

As of 8am today, 744 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 148 are in ICU. 45 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 18th, 326,475 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 205,955 people have received their first dose
  • 120,520 people have received their second dose

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said; “While the level of disease in our communities remains very high, we are still making progress.

“We have reported less than 1,000 cases each day this week and our 7 day average has fallen from 1,022 two weeks ago, to 862 last week, to 792 today. The number of people in hospital has fallen from over 1,200 two weeks ago, to 744 today.

“Do not underestimate the power of your actions as we seek to protect the gains we have made and further reduce transmission. This week, please continue to work from home unless essential and do not visit other households unless for essential reasons or as part of a support bubble.”

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. 

*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 20 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

Today's cases (to midnight 20Feb2021)

5 day moving average (to midnight 20Feb2021)

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (07Feb2021 to 20Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days (07Feb2021 to 20Feb2021)

Ireland

679

795

243.0

11,570

Offaly

25

25

431.0

336

Dublin

230

297

343.4

4,627

Galway

48

60

330.9

854

Monaghan

12

13

329.1

202

Laois

13

20

297.5

252

Louth

17

23

286.3

369

Kildare

47

50

270.1

601

Cavan

15

12

266.5

203

Waterford

23

23

265.1

308

Longford

<5

12

264.2

108

Limerick

59

44

258.1

503

Mayo

22

26

252.9

330

Meath

17

33

249.7

487

Carlow

9

7

249.4

142

Westmeath

14

15

238.8

212

Tipperary

29

28

188.7

301

Wexford

<5

10

171.0

256

Leitrim

0

3

152.9

49

Donegal

26

20

150.8

240

Clare

21

14

147.3

175

Wicklow

8

11

117.3

167

Kilkenny

15

8

107.8

107

Roscommon

0

4

105.4

68

Sligo

<5

3

103.8

68

Cork

13

31

97.6

530

Kerry

7

3

50.8

75

~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.