The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 829 new Covid-19 cases and 6 additional deaths.
Five of these deaths occurred in February, and one occurred in January.
Of the cases notified today:
- 401 are men / 426 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 386 in Dublin, 39 in Meath, 36 in Cork, 35 in Kildare, 32 in Louth and the remaining 301 cases are spread across 20 other counties.**
As of 8am today, 1,212 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 176 are in ICU. 39 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 5, 230,776 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 151,212 people have received their first dose
- 79,554 people have received their second dose
