A further 55 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported by health officials this evening, as well as 827 new confirmed cases.
38 of the 55 deaths occurred in February, while 18 were in January and one remains under investigation.
The median age of those who died is 86 years and the deaths occurred in people aged 49-100 years old.
The Department of Health has reported 56 new cases in Galway, taking the 14-day incidence rate here to 343.7. A total of 887 cases have been confirmed in the county over the past two weeks.
“There are a few old habits that collectively we have to break in order to suppress COVID-19 together,” said Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer.
“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.”
There have now been 3,674 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland, and a total of 202,548 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 42 confirmed cases.
As of 2pm today, 1,177 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 177 are in ICU. There have been 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Of the cases notified today:
- 409 are men and 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
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