There has been a further 68 Covid-19 deaths and 556 new cases reported today.
50 of these deaths occurred in February, 15 occurred in January while two occured in December.
It means Ireland has recorded its lowest number of daily Covid-19 cases in almost 2 months
The median age of those who died was 85 years of age and the age range was 43-96 years.
There has been a total of 3,752** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland..
Of the cases notified today:
- 284 are men / 268 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 39 years old
- 163 in Dublin, 45 in Limerick, 38 in Galway, 34 in Cork, 29 in Waterford and the remaining 247 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 8am today, 1,104 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 182 are in ICU. 54 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours
As of February 6th, 236,996 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 152,652 people have received their first dose.
- 84,344 people have received their second dose.
