The Department of Health has been notified of 47 deaths related to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
All but one death confirmed today occurred this month.
🦠 47 further deaths linked to Covid-19 reported to @roinnslainte, 1,466 new cases of Covid-19.
🏥 1,567 people with the virus in hospital, and 216 in ICU at 2pm today.
Briefing with CMO Dr Tony Holohan taking place now.
— Ben Finnegan (@_BenFinnegan) January 28, 2021
The median age of those who died is 85, with the age range between 55 and 99.
Meanwhile, the Department has also been notified of 1,466 new cases of the virus.
697 of today's cases are identified in men while 764 are in women.
Most people -55% - are under 45 years of age.
The median age is 41 years old.
Most of today's cases were identified in Dublin, where there is 472 new cases.
Elsewhere, there are 106 new cases in Galway, 103 in Cork, 77 in Waterford and 70 in Limerick.
The remaining 638 cases are spread across all other counties
Meanwhile, there have been 69 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 1,567 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 216 of whom are in intensive care.
The 14 Day incidence rate has dropped to 621.9 per 100,000 population.
CMO Welcomes Stabilising Numbers
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has welcomed this evening's figures.
"It is positive to see numbers of people hospitalised reducing and a stabilisation of numbers in ICU."
However, Dr Holohan said the high mortality rate remains a concern.
"I am concerned about the high incidence we are seeing in long-term care settings and vulnerable groups."
"Incidence is falling but remains high. It is positive to see numbers of people hospitalised reducing and a stabilisation of numbers in ICU.
“However, we are continuing to experience high mortality with 878 deaths so far in January."@CMOIreland #COVID19
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 28, 2021
He said the public's efforts to stay home and saved lives and encouraged us to "keep going".
NPHET have estimated the "R Number" to be between 0.4 and 0.7.
Professor Philip Nolan told this evening's press conference that if we remain on this track "we could be down to 200-400 cases per day" by the end of the next month.
