This evening, the Department of Health confirmed 47 additional deaths relating to Covid-19.
44 of the deaths reported today occurred this month, 2 in January and 1 in December.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The @hpscireland has today been notified of 47 additional deaths related to #COVID19.
44 of these deaths occurred in February, 2 occurred in January and 1 in December.#StayHome #HoldFirm
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) February 18, 2021
The median age of those who died was 81 years old with the age range between 51 and 99.
As of midnight this morning, there have been 901 confirmed new cases of the virus.
473 of today's cases are identified in men while 422 are in women.
Most people -65% - are under 45 years of age.
The median age is 36 years old.
Most of today's cases were identified in Dublin, where there are 437 new cases.
Elsewhere, there are 43 cases in Galway, 39 in Kildare and 32 in Meath.
The remaining 301 cases are spread across all other counties.
Meanwhile, there have been 48 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 771 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 151 of whom are in intensive care.
The 14 Day incident rate to February 16th is 252.9 per 100,000 population.
Seven-day averages so far this year:
18/2: 843
11/2: 879
4/2: 1170
28/1: 1537
21/1: 2699
14/1: 5074*
7/1: 5129*— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 18, 2021
As of Monday 98,388 people have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
1802,193 people have got their first instalment of the jab.
