Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 45 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
41 of these deaths occurred in February, 4 in January.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 55-104 years.
There has been a total of 4,181* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 22nd February, the HPSC has been notified of 575 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 216,300** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 272 are men / 298 are women
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 218 in Dublin, 38 in Galway, 35 in Louth, 27 in Limerick, 26 in Westmeath and the remaining 231 cases are spread across 20 other counties.***
As of 8am today, 693 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 150 are in ICU. 37 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 20th, 350,322 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 219,899 people have received their first dose
- 130,423 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 4,181 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 8 cases. The figure of 216,300 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 22 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 22Feb2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 22Feb2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Feb2021 to 22Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (09Feb2021 to 22Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 575 | 737 | 240.4 | 11,448 |
| Offaly | 22 | 26 | 441.2 | 344 |
| Monaghan | 12 | 13 | 342.1 | 210 |
| Dublin | 218 | 271 | 339.4 | 4,573 |
| Galway | 38 | 52 | 330.5 | 853 |
| Louth | 35 | 29 | 296.4 | 382 |
| Laois | 10 | 15 | 295.2 | 250 |
| Kildare | 23 | 45 | 269.2 | 599 |
| Waterford | 20 | 24 | 263.4 | 306 |
| Limerick | 27 | 41 | 262.7 | 512 |
| Mayo | 15 | 25 | 255.2 | 333 |
| Longford | <5 | 6 | 254.4 | 104 |
| Westmeath | 26 | 17 | 253.5 | 225 |
| Meath | 23 | 26 | 242.5 | 473 |
| Cavan | 5 | 12 | 233.7 | 178 |
| Carlow | <5 | 7 | 209 | 119 |
| Tipperary | 10 | 23 | 180.5 | 288 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 3 | 174.8 | 56 |
| Donegal | 15 | 21 | 161.4 | 257 |
| Wexford | 6 | 8 | 157 | 235 |
| Clare | 12 | 13 | 149 | 177 |
| Roscommon | 10 | 6 | 122.4 | 79 |
| Wicklow | 8 | 13 | 113 | 161 |
| Sligo | 7 | 5 | 112.9 | 74 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 8 | 97.8 | 97 |
| Cork | 23 | 24 | 91.6 | 497 |
| Kerry | <5 | 4 | 44.7 | 66 |
~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.
- The 5 day average 737
- The 7 day incidence is 109.9 per 100,000 of population
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