There has been 56 further Coronavirus-related death and 574 new cases according to the figures released by the health authorities this evening.
31 of these deaths occurred in February, 13 occurred in January, 3 in December or earlier, while a further 9 are under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 16 – 97 years.
Of today’s new cases, 18 of them are in Laois which means the county’s 14-day incidence rate moves to 292.5 from 295.2 yesterday.
Of the cases notified today:
- 285 are men / 287 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 175 in Dublin, 57 in Limerick, 43 in Kildare, 37 in Galway, 35 in Meath and the remaining 227 cases are spread across 18 other counties.
As of 8am today, 652 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 137 are in ICU. 35 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 21, 353,971 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 222,073 people have received their first dose
- 131,898 people have received their second dose
Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: “We continue to see good progress, but this needs to be sustained. It is vital that we get our children back to school over the coming weeks.
“A key part of making this a success will be our continued collective buy-in to the public health measures that are tried and tested. Stay at home, work from home where possible.
“Given the increased transmissibility of the virus now, we must continue to limit our social contacts and do all we can to starve this disease of opportunities to spread.”
New Cases in Laois
- 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
- February 11 – 15
- February 10 – 22
- February 9 – 21
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- 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
- February 11 – 297.5
- February 10 – 297
- February 9 – 292.8
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
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- 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
- February 11 – 252
- February 10 – 252
- February 9 – 248
New vaccine strategy
People aged between 16 and 69 who are at very high risk of developing severe Covid-19 have been moved up the list of the Government’s vaccine allocation strategy.
The new rollout strategy means the order in which people will receive the vaccine has changed.
People aged 65 and older who live in long-term care facilities and frontline healthcare workers have already been vaccinated under the first two stages of the strategy announced on 8 December last year.
Under stage three, Ireland is currently vaccinating people aged 70 and older, starting with those aged 85 and older.
Check out details on what conditions qualify for the new cohorts by clicking here.
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