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16th Feb 2021

33 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, 744 new cases

Alan Loughnane

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The age range of those who died was 42-105 years.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has reported 33 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

31 of these deaths occurred in February and two occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.

The HPSC has been notified of 744 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

301 of the cases are in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 8am today, 861 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU.

There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 13 February, 268,551 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 176,926 people have received their first dose
  • 91,625 people have received their second dose

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