The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,013 new cases of Covid-19, and 94 additional deaths.
47 of these deaths occurred in February, 44 occurred in January, 2 in December and 1 in November.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 36-100 years.
Of the cases notified today:
- 465 are men / 543 are women
- 56% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 41 years old
- 337 in Dublin, 96 in Galway, 65 in Cork, 60 in Kildare, 48 in Louth and the remaining 407 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 2pm today, 1,334 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 203 are in ICU. 66 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
