The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 48 additional deaths
45 of the deaths occurred in January.
The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.
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.