Covid: 57 deaths, 650 new cases with 17 in Mayo

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 57 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

Up to 34 of these deaths occurred in February, 21 in January, one in December and one in November.

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 52-99 years.

There has been a total of 4,036 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight on Tuesday the HPSC was notified of 650 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 211,751.

They include 17 in Mayo, now with 337 in the past two weeks.

It gives the county a 14-day incidence rate of 258.2 - below the national average of 261.7.

Mayo's five-day moving average is 25.

Of the other cases notified today:

325 are male and 323 are female.

65% are under 45 years of age.

The median age is 37 years old.

192 in Dublin, 53 in Galway, 50 in Meath, 46 in Kildare, 46 in Cork and the remaining 263 cases are spread across 19 other counties.

As of 8 a.m. today, 831 Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, 154 in ICU. There have been 49 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Numbers of people vaccinated

As of Sunday, February 14, there have been 271,942 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

180,192 people have received their first dose

91,750 people have received their second dose

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said: "Although we have made great progress, the situation remains precarious.

"Almost 90% of cases in Ireland are the B117 variant.

"The increased transmissibility of this variant is apparent in the current profile of the disease in households, with one in three household contacts of a confirmed case testing positive for Covid-19.

"This underlines the need for people to exercise caution in households and other settings.

"In particular, people should isolate immediately on experiencing any symptoms and contact their GP."