Mayo's tally of positive Covid cases during January comes to 3,113

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 15 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

All 15 deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 84 years and the age range is 68-99 years.

There has been a total of 3,307 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight on Saturday, the HPSC has recorded 1,247 new confirmed cases, the total now standing at 196,547.

They include 30 in Mayo, now with 744 in the past two weeks.

It leaves the county with a 14-day incidence rate of 590.1 - the seventh highest in the country and above the national average of 501.

A total of 3,113 positive cases have been registered in Mayo during January - 1,289 more than the whole of 2020.

Of the other cases notified today:

579 are men and 659 are women

60% are under 45 years of age

the median age is 39 years old

430 in Dublin, 97 in Wexford, 87 in Cork, 84 in Limerick, 76 in Galway and the remaining 473 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2 p.m. today, 1,516 Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, 211are in ICU.

There have been 39 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, said: "There is an onus on employers to ensure that, in the first instance, staff are encouraged to work from home and in cases where that is not possible, that their workplaces are safe for staff and customers and in full compliance with infection prevention and control measures.

"The HPSC has comprehensive guidance on outbreak management and infection prevention control measures that every employer should be familiar with and activating on their premises.

"I encourage all employers and managers to review their workplaces and ensure they have effective measures in place."