Covid: 94 deaths, 1,013 new cases with 20 in Mayo

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 94 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

Up to 47 of these deaths occurred in February, 44 occurred in January, two in December and one in November.

The median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 36-100 years.

There has been a total of 3,512 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight on Tuesday the HPSC recorded 1,013 new confirmed cases, the total now standing at 199,430.

They include 20 in Mayo, now with 596 in the past two weeks.

The county has a 14-day incidence rate of 424.1 - the eighth highest in the country and above the national average of 424.1.

Mayo's five-day moving average is down to 30.

Of the other cases notified today:

465 are men and 543 are women

56% are under 45 years of age

the median age is 41 years old

337 in Dublin, 96 in Galway, 65 in Cork, 60 in Kildare, 48 in Louth and the remaining 407 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2 p.m. today, 1,334 Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, 203 are in ICU.

There have been 66 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, said: "At the outset of this pandemic, as a global community we knew much less about Covid-19 than we do now.

"We did not know then that today we would have a portfolio of approved vaccines to mitigate the worst effects of Covid-19, adding to our toolkit of public health measures such as social distancing, reducing contacts, mask-wearing, cough/sneeze hygiene and washing our hands.

"Now more than ever, as we are continuing to see the tragic effects of the recent surge of Covid-19 infection in the form of mortality, hospitalisation and ICU admission, we should remember the public health advice that has carried us so far in this pandemic, and helped us to suppress Covid-19 together successfully in the past.