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Coronavirus: 77 Further Deaths

Saturday, 23 January 2021 00:25

News updates for Saturday 23rd January 2021.

Latest figures:

 The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 77 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

76 of these deaths occurred in January, 1 in December.

The median age of those who died is 84 years and the age range is 43-98 years.

There has been a total of 2,947 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Friday 22nd January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,910 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 186,184* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

887 are men / 1,016 are women

57% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 40 years old

710 in Dublin, 150 in Cork, 103 in Meath, 102 in Limerick, 86 in Louth, and the remaining 759 cases are spread across all other counties**

As of 2pm today, 1,892 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 217 are in ICU. 59 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer said: “Through the solidarity shown by families and communities across the country in recent weeks, we are beginning to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infection. Each individual effort to follow the public health advice is making an impact, but we can only continue this positive trend and drive down incidence in the community by continuing to stay at home and avoid meeting or mixing with others in our social circle, including for any close family gatherings, such as birthdays or funerals, as these can be ‘super-spreader’ events.

“We know it is possible to have COVID-19 without displaying symptoms, so we all need to behave as though we are infectious and minimise our close contacts with others. If you suspect that you might be ill, isolate away from others in your household, let your close contacts know and come forward for testing as soon as possible.”

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 186,184 confirmed cases reflects this.

**County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 22 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today's cases**

(to midnight 22Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 22Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 22Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

1,910

  

 955.5

  

 45,500

  

Monaghan

  

19

  

 1,787.1

  

 1,097

  

Louth

  

86

  

 1,417.6

  

 1,827

  

Mayo

  

50

  

 1,362.4

  

 1,778

  

Carlow

  

23

  

 1,294.5

  

 737

  

Wexford

  

32

  

 1,276.4

  

 1,911

  

Waterford

  

76

  

 1,188.7

  

 1,381

  

Limerick

  

102

  

 1,167.8

  

 2,276

  

Dublin

  

710

  

 1,061.8

  

 14,306

  

Cork

  

150

  

 933.0

  

 5,065

  

Donegal

  

72

  

 926.6

  

 1,475

  

Galway

  

74

  

 914.9

  

 2,361

  

Cavan

  

33

  

 883.5

  

 673

  

Meath

  

103

  

 854.2

  

 1,666

  

Clare

  

23

  

 835.7

  

 993

  

Kildare

  

79

  

 786.1

  

 1,749

  

Tipperary

  

34

  

 785.9

  

 1,254

  

Laois

  

17

  

 776.9

  

 658

  

Offaly

  

64

  

 750.4

  

 585

  

Roscommon

  

14

  

 658.5

  

 425

  

Kilkenny

  

16

  

 606.7

  

 602

  

Wicklow

  

31

  

 587.0

  

 836

  

Kerry

  

36

  

 553.8

  

 818

  

Westmeath

  

20

  

 488.9

  

 434

  

Sligo

  

25

  

 462.3

  

 303

  

Longford

  

12

  

 460.0

  

 188

  

Leitrim

  

9

  

 318.3

  

 102

  

 

Restrictions:

Level 5 lockdown restrictions will be extended until at least the end of February.

The government will then review them every four weeks.

While it's hoped schools can open next month it looks unlikely to happen from February 1st as planned.

There may also be some easing of restrictions on the construction sector, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin:

New strain:

There's concern here over the news the new strain of coronavirus in the UK may cause more deaths.

The Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan says this variant now accounts for over 60 per cent of recent cases in the Republic.

52 more people with covid 19 have died here and there are 2,371 new cases.

UCC Public Health Professor Ivan Perry says any rise in the transmissibility of the UK variant will lead to more deaths:

Vaccine:

AstraZeneca has reportedly told European Officials that it'll be cutting it's deliveries of Covid vaccines by 60 percent due to a 'production glitch.'

A senior EU official has told the Reuters News Agency just 31 million doses will be available, as opposed to the 80 million that was originally planned.

The European Commissioner for Health has meanwhile expressed 'deep dissatisfaction' with the development, and called for 'reliability' from the company.

Sinn Fein's Health spokesperson David Cullinane says AstraZeneca needs to explain what happened to cause the issue.

Local figures:

52 more Covid related deaths have been confirmed this evening, alongside 2,371 new cases.

757 of those infections are in County Dublin, 237 in Cork and 154 in Waterford, with the rest spread across all other counties.

There are 64 new cases in the midlands.

Westmeath has 32 cases, with another 17 people testing positive in Laois while 15 were confirmed in Offaly. 

Ireland's 14 day incidence rate per 100-thousand population is continuing to fall sharply, and now stands at 1,017.

The Chief Medical Officer has appealed to the public to 'stay the course' this weekend and continue to 'strictly adhere' to the public health guidance.

 

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