UPDATE: 48 more deaths and 1,254 confirmed new cases of Covid-19
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 48 additional deaths related to Covid-19. 45 of these deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years. There has now been a total of 3,214* Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday, January 28, the HPSC has been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 193,892** confirmed cases of the virus here 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.
* 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.