Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 33 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.

There has been a total of 3,980* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 15th February, the HPSC has been notified of 744 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 211,113** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 373 are male/ 366 are female
  • 68% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 31 years old
  • 301 in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.***

As of 8am today, 861 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 13th February, 268,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 176,926 people have received their first dose
  • 91,625 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 3,980 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 33 confirmed cases. The figure of 211,113 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 15 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

CountyToday’s cases**

(to midnight 15Feb2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 15Feb2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 15Feb2021)

Ireland744870269.312,825
Monaghan2313461283
Offaly3623377.1294
Dublin301359361.94,876
Galway7779342.9885
Carlow1311339193
Louth2825325.9420
Waterford3722321.9374
Meath2035296.3578
Cavan<514284.9217
Laois1516284.5241
Wexford2325282.5423
Kildare3240278.6620
Mayo2223265.9347
Westmeath818258229
Limerick1936252.4492
Longford<55227.593
Donegal<514189.7302
Sligo56174114
Leitrim56162.352
Wicklow811158225
Cork2040151820
Tipperary1718147.3235
Clare1515144.8172
Roscommon55123.980
Kilkenny87119.9119
Kerry<5395.5141

~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.


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