Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 48 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
45 deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.
There has been a total of 3,214* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 28th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 193,892** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 587 are men / 658 are women
- 54% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 42 years old
- 437 in Dublin, 146 in Cork, 76 in Meath, 69 in Wexford, 62 in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties***
As of 2pm today, 1,518 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
* Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 3,214 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 193,892 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.
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 28Jan2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 28Jan2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (15Jan2021 to 28Jan2021) |
| Ireland | 1,254 | 1,269 | 574.7 | 27,368 |
| Monaghan | 41 | 45 | 1223.4 | 751 |
| Louth | 29 | 57 | 889.9 | 1,147 |
| Waterford | 34 | 48 | 788.5 | 916 |
| Carlow | <5 | 22 | 785.1 | 447 |
| Wexford | 69 | 50 | 693.3 | 1,038 |
| Dublin | 437 | 421 | 678 | 9,135 |
| Mayo | 13 | 42 | 672 | 877 |
| Cavan | 15 | 14 | 605.2 | 461 |
| Offaly | 18 | 23 | 592.6 | 462 |
| Meath | 76 | 54 | 587.6 | 1,146 |
| Limerick | 55 | 49 | 568.5 | 1,108 |
| Donegal | 40 | 41 | 544.6 | 867 |
| Kildare | 62 | 49 | 536.6 | 1,194 |
| Cork | 146 | 128 | 518.5 | 2,815 |
| Galway | 45 | 56 | 480.9 | 1,241 |
| Laois | 18 | 17 | 465.2 | 394 |
| Tipperary | 14 | 29 | 449.4 | 717 |
| Clare | 15 | 20 | 377.9 | 449 |
| Sligo | 12 | 10 | 372.3 | 244 |
| Westmeath | 27 | 19 | 371.7 | 330 |
| Longford | 14 | 11 | 369.4 | 151 |
| Wicklow | 33 | 27 | 368.6 | 525 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 13 | 306.4 | 304 |
| Kerry | 20 | 17 | 274.9 | 406 |
| Roscommon | 8 | 5 | 258.7 | 167 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 3 | 237.2 | 76 |
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 202.2
- 5-day moving average is 1,269
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