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Coronavirus: 93 Deaths, 2,001 Cases Confirmed Today

Monday, 18 January 2021 18:55

National news updates on Tuesday 19th January.

Latest figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 93 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 3 deaths occurred in December and 89* occurred in January.

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 41-99 years. There are no newly reported deaths in healthcare workers. There are no newly reported deaths in a young person under the age of 30.

There has been a total of 2,708** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 18th January, the HPSC has been notified of 2,001 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 176,839*** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today:

  • 892 are men / 1,098 are women
  • 55% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 42 years old
  • 701 in Dublin, 204 in Cork, 102 in Waterford, 98 in Meath, 90 in Donegal and the remaining 806 cases are spread across all other counties. 

 

As of 2pm today, 1,949 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 202 were in ICU at 11am. 100 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said; “While we are starting to see the early results of our collective efforts to minimise the transmission of the virus, we are very sadly reporting an additional 93 deaths today. We cannot afford to drop our guard against the very high levels of infection that remain in the community at present. COVID-19 ICU and hospitalisation numbers are of critical concern to us, representing a very significant pressure on our healthcare workers and on the provision of acute medical and surgical non-COVID care. We need everyone to stay at home, other than for essential reasons. The more that each individual follows this advice in their everyday lives, the more we can drive down the spread of COVID-19 and minimise the impact on vital healthcare services, patients and frontline workers.”

 

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

 

*There is 1 death where the date of death is still under investigation.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 2,708 deaths reflects this

***Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 176,839 confirmed cases reflects this.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 18 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 18Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (05Jan2021 to 18Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (05Jan2021 to 18Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

2,001

  

1334.6

  

63,551

  

Monaghan

  

<5

  

2564.1

  

1,574

  

Louth

  

82

  

2089.5

  

2,693

  

Waterford

  

102

  

1918.6

  

2,229

  

Wexford

  

68

  

1829.4

  

2,739

  

Limerick

  

89

  

1706.0

  

3,325

  

Carlow

  

25

  

1630.0

  

928

  

Mayo

  

62

  

1573.1

  

2,053

  

Cork

  

204

  

1471.4

  

7,988

  

Dublin

  

701

  

1454.5

  

19,598

  

Clare

  

30

  

1386.2

  

1,647

  

Donegal

  

90

  

1280.8

  

2,039

  

Cavan

  

19

  

1278.6

  

974

  

Meath

  

98

  

1120.3

  

2,185

  

Galway

  

73

  

1054.4

  

2,721

  

Kilkenny

  

20

  

1039.0

  

1,031

  

Kildare

  

89

  

1006.7

  

2,240

  

Tipperary

  

46

  

976.5

  

1,558

  

Offaly

  

25

  

938.9

  

732

  

Laois

  

46

  

933.9

  

791

  

Kerry

  

33

  

917.4

  

1,355

  

Roscommon

  

18

  

886.2

  

572

  

Sligo

  

13

  

759.9

  

498

  

Wicklow

  

31

  

715.5

  

1,019

  

Westmeath

  

25

  

693.9

  

616

  

Longford

  

<5

  

680.2

  

278

  

Leitrim

  

<5

  

524.3

  

168

  

 

5-day moving average 2,758

7-day incidence 447.5

Side Effects:

Abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue and dizziness are among the reported side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority says up to last Monday, it has been notified of 81 mild to moderate suspected cases.

More than 77,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered.

Chief Executive of the HPRA, Dr. Lorraine Nolan, says no serious allergic reactions have been reported:

Vaccine standards:

The Chief Medical Officer has called on hospital managers to uphold the "highest standards" in administering Covid-19 vaccines.

There's been criticism of two Dublin hospitals after it emerged a small number of staff family members were given leftover doses.

The Rotunda and the Coombe have both said it was to ensure none were wasted.

New guidance issued recently requires hospitals to have a standby list of 120 healthcare workers for any leftover doses.

Dr Tony Holohan says hospitals need to ensure the jabs are distributed to the highest priority groups:

HSE:

The HSE says hospitals are coping with the current levels of Covid-19, but remain under significant pressure.

A further 8 deaths linked to the virus were confirmed last night with 2,121 new cases.

There are now 1,911 patients with Covid in hospital - a drop of more than 100 since yesterday - and 200 in intensive care.

The HSE's Dr Vida Hamilton says the high number of people being treated is a challenge:

PUP:

The Free Legal Advice Centre has hit out at 'stress and confusion' caused by the retrospective tax bills sent to PUP claimants.

Revenue intends to collect the outstanding money over a four year period, without imposing interest.

However FLAC says contratdictory statements have confused people, some of whom are in financial distress after losing their jobs.

Legal Officer Christopher Bowes says the Government should have been clearer in telling people it was taxable:

 

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