Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 12 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
All 12 of these deaths occurred in February.
The median age of those who died is 76 years and the age range is 60-90 years.
There has been a total of 3,686 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Saturday 6th February, the HPSC has been notified of 1,024 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 203,568* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 490 are men / 533 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 380 are in Dublin, 70 in Meath, 63 in Cork, 55 in Galway, 48 in Limerick and the remaining 408 cases are spread across all other counties. **
As of 2pm today, 1,204 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 178 are in ICU. 35 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 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 203,568 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 06 February 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases** (to midnight 06Feb2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 06Feb2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 06Feb2021) |
| Ireland | 1024 | 1,044.8 | 338.2 | 16,106 |
| Monaghan | 34 | 26.4 | 738.0 | 453 |
| Waterford | 36 | 35.8 | 495.8 | 576 |
| Louth | 26 | 33.6 | 471.0 | 607 |
| Carlow | 0 | 17.8 | 467.2 | 266 |
| Wexford | 23 | 43.2 | 451.5 | 676 |
| Dublin | 380 | 346.8 | 412.4 | 5,557 |
| Mayo | 29 | 29.2 | 377.8 | 493 |
| Meath | 70 | 51.2 | 351.2 | 685 |
| Offaly | 8 | 17.0 | 347.6 | 271 |
| Galway | 55 | 65.4 | 334.4 | 863 |
| Donegal | 47 | 35.2 | 322.9 | 514 |
| Limerick | 48 | 40.8 | 316.1 | 616 |
| Kildare | 46 | 53.6 | 302.9 | 674 |
| Laois | 21 | 17.8 | 298.7 | 253 |
| Longford | 13 | 9.2 | 298.5 | 122 |
| Cork | 63 | 88.6 | 272.8 | 1,481 |
| Cavan | 18 | 14.2 | 254.7 | 194 |
| Sligo | 15 | 12.2 | 253.3 | 166 |
| Westmeath | 23 | 18.4 | 252.3 | 224 |
| Wicklow | 24 | 22.8 | 231.7 | 330 |
| Tipperary | 5 | 15.2 | 219.4 | 350 |
| Clare | 14 | 13.2 | 184.3 | 219 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 4.2 | 159.2 | 51 |
| Kilkenny | 3 | 10.2 | 155.2 | 154 |
| Kerry | 14 | 16.8 | 153.7 | 227 |
| Roscommon | 8 | 6.0 | 130.1 | 84 |
~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
~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.
fluctuations in case numbers
- 7 day incidence is 150.3
- 5-day moving average is 1,045
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