The Department of Health has been notified of 54 deaths related to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
45 of those deaths occurred this month, 5 took place in January while 4 are still under investigation.
The median age of those who died is 86, with the age range between 48 and 104.
Meanwhile, the Department has also been notified of 1,006 new cases of the virus.
476 of today's cases are identified in men while 524 are in women.
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The @hpscireland has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19. #COVID19 #StayHome #HoldFirm
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) February 10, 2021
Most people -65% - are under 45 years of age.
The median age is 35 years old.
Most of today's cases were identified in Dublin, where there are 516 new cases.
Elsewhere, there are 63 new cases in Cork, 46 in Galway, 43 in Meath and 36 in Louth.
The remaining 302 cases are spread across all other counties.
🦠 #COVID19ireland:
1006 cases; 54 deaths⏪ Wednesdays:
03/02: 1013
27/01: 1335
20/01: 2488📉 5-day avg: 848
📉 7-day avg: 944
(Last week: 1191)📆 14-day cases/100k: 312
(Last week: 424)🏥 In hospital: 1032
In ICU: 173Vaccines:
💉 153,654
💉💉 86,833@VirginMediaNews pic.twitter.com/8Kt6AKnIhN— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 10, 2021
Meanwhile, there have been 40 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 1,032 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 173 of whom are in intensive care.
The 14 Day incident rate is estimated to be 312.1 cases per 100,000 population.
