There have been a further 55 Coronavirus-related deaths and 827 new cases announced this evening by the health authorities.
36 of these deaths occurred in February, 18 of these in occurred in January, and the date of 1 death remains under investigation.
The median age of those who died is 86 years and the age range is 49-100 years.
Of the new cases, 18 of them are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate rises to 289.3 from 288.1 yesterday.
Of the cases notified today:
- 409 are men / 416 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 38 years old
- 297 are in Dublin, 76 in Cork, 56 in Galway, 46 in Wexford, 37 in Kildare and the remaining 315 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 1,177 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 177 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “There are a few old habits that collectively we have to break in order to suppress COVID-19 together.
‘We know that people who feel unwell typically avoid calling their GP over the weekend, and wait to see if they improve. You should no longer do that – you must phone your GP at the first sign of anything like COVID-19 symptoms. Do not adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach.”
“Similarly, do not leave your house or go to work if you have any cold or flu like symptoms at all. Breaking these habits will limit COVID-19’s opportunity to spread from person to person.”
New Cases in Laois
- February 5 – 18
- February 4 – 15
- February 3 – 19
- February 2 – 6
- February 1 – 16
- January 31 – 27
- January 30 – 22
- January 29 – 11
- January 28 – 18
- January 27 – 15
- January 26 – 16
- January 25 – 9
- January 24 – 25
- January 23 – 17
- January 22 – 17
- January 21 – 17
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- February 5 – 289.3
- February 4 – 288.1
- February 3 – 277.5
- February 2 – 308.2
- February 1 – 348.3
- January 31 – 383.7
- January 30 – 379
- January 29 – 421.5
- January 28 – 465.2
- January 27 – 504.2
- January 26 – 557
- January 25 – 591
- January 24 – 628.1
- January 23 – 673
- January 22 – 776.9
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
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- February 5 – 245
- February 4 – 244
- February 3 – 235
- February 2 – 261
- February 1 – 295
- January 31 – 325
- January 30 – 321
- January 29 – 357
- January 28 – 394
- January 27 – 427
- January 26 – 472
- January 25 – 501
- January 24 – 532
- January 23 – 570
- January 22 – 658
21,000 AstraZeneca vaccines are set to arrive this weekend
More than 21,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are due to arrive in Ireland this weekend as preparations for a wider rollout have been finalised.
The Health Service Executive said a similar-sized batch will most likely be delivered next weekend.
