There has been 13 further Coronavirus-related death and 738 new cases according to the figures released by the health authorities this evening.
10 of these deaths occurred in February, 1 occurred in January, 1 occurred in October and 1 date of death remains under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 55 – 92 years.
Of today’s new cases, 15 of them are in Laois which means the county’s 14-day incidence rate moves to 264.5 from 277.5 yesterday.
Of the cases notified today:
- 356 are men / 378 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 311 in Dublin, 54 in Limerick, 36 in Cork, 34 in Offaly, 33 in Donegal and the remaining 270 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 8am today, 550 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 135 are in ICU. 27 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 24, 391,355 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 254,948 people have received their first dose
- 136,407 people have received their second dose
New Cases in Laois
- February 26 – 15
- February 25 – 15
- February 24 – 9
- February 23 – 18
- February 22 – 10
- February 21 – 10
- February 20 – 13
- February 19 – 29
- February 18 – 13
- February 17 – 22
- February 16 – 24
- February 15 – 15
- February 14 – 7
- February 13 – 13
- February 12 – 19
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- February 26 – 264.5
- February 25 – 277.5
- February 24 – 278.6
- February 23 – 292.5
- February 22 – 295
- February 21 – 294
- February 20 – 297.5
- February 19 – 307
- February 18 – 299.9
- February 17 – 303.4
- February 16 – 305.8
- February 15 – 284.5
- February 14 – 273.9
- February 13 – 296.4
- February 12 – 307
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
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- February 26 – 224
- February 25 – 235
- February 24 – 236
- February 23 – 248
- February 22 – 250
- February 21 – 249
- February 20 – 252
- February 19 – 260
- February 18 – 254
- February 17 – 257
- February 16 – 259
- February 15 – 241
- February 14 – 232
- February 13 – 251
- February 12 – 260
Violent scenes on Graton Street
There were violent scenes on Grafton Street this afternoon as Gardai came under attack from anti-lockdown protestors.
Video footage shows what appears to be some sort of firework being set off in the direction of Gardai who had set up a cordon at the end of the street.
Hundreds of people gathered for a protest against Covid-19 restrictions but were stopped from gathering in St Stephen’s Green which the Office of Public Works had shut based on instructions from the gardai.
Gardai used batons to move protesters while several arrests have been made.
This video of fireworks being directed at frontline gardai is horrific. pic.twitter.com/PGaiLL5nCo
— Stephen Breen (@SteBreen) February 27, 2021
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