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Covid Update: 1,047 new cases, 35 further deaths

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

05:50 5 Feb 2021


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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,047 new confirmed cases of Coivd-19 and 35 additional deaths.

29 of these deaths occurred in February, 6 occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 84 years and the age range is 63-96 years.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 505 are men / 540 are women
  • 58% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 38 years old
  • 292 are in Dublin, 119 in Cork, 76 in Wexford, 60 in Limerick, 47 in Kildare and the remaining 453 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 2pm today, 1,221 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 181 are in ICU. 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.


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