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Coronavirus: 1,335 New Cases; 54 Deaths Reported Today

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 07:55

National news updates on Wednesday 27th January.

Latest Figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 54 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

50 deaths occurred in January.

The median age of those who died is 85 years and the age range is 55-96 years.

There has been a total of 3,120 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday 26th January, the HPSC has been notified of 1,335 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 191,182* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 618 are men / 711 are women

  • 54% are under 45 years of age

  • The median age is 43 years old

  • 437 in Dublin, 114 in Cork, 78 in Galway, 71 in Meath, 61 in Louth and the remaining 574 cases are spread across all other counties**

As of 2pm today, 1,670 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 217 are in ICU. 81 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The current 14 day incidence remains more than double the peak incidence experienced during previous Level 5 measures in October, therefore, now is not the time to drop your guard and start to interact with people outside your household. The risk of transmission in the community remains very high. We must continue to work towards reducing incidence of disease and preventing further hospitalisations and deaths.”

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

ENDS//

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 191,182 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.

  • 7 Day Incidence is 249.7

  • 5-day moving average is 1,383

oday’s cases, 5 day moving average ,14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 26 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

  

Today's cases (to midnight 26Jan2021)

  

5 day moving average (to midnight 26Jan2021)

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (13Jan2021 to 26Jan2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days (13Jan2021 to 26Jan2021)

  

Ireland

  

1,335

  

1,383

  

674.2

  

32,103

  

Monaghan

  

52

  

42

  

1399.3

  

859

  

Louth

  

61

  

68

  

1044.3

  

1,346

  

Carlow

  

30

  

24

  

913.4

  

520

  

Waterford

  

49

  

49

  

885.7

  

1,029

  

Dublin

  

437

  

457

  

788.3

  

10,621

  

Wexford

  

22

  

50

  

759.4

  

1,137

  

Mayo

  

34

  

41

  

757

  

988

  

Limerick

  

61

  

55

  

728.6

  

1,420

  

Meath

  

71

  

64

  

701.9

  

1,369

  

Cavan

  

25

  

20

  

682.6

  

520

  

Donegal

  

48

  

42

  

656.4

  

1,045

  

Offaly

  

27

  

35

  

643.9

  

502

  

Cork

  

114

  

137

  

634.6

  

3,445

  

Kildare

  

54

  

49

  

595

  

1,324

  

Galway

  

78

  

61

  

574.3

  

1,482

  

Laois

  

16

  

17

  

557.3

  

472

  

Tipperary

  

29

  

34

  

555.3

  

886

  

Clare

  

24

  

22

  

504.1

  

599

  

Wicklow

  

31

  

26

  

436

  

621

  

Sligo

  

6

  

14

  

398.3

  

261

  

Kilkenny

  

10

  

14

  

374.9

  

372

  

Westmeath

  

22

  

18

  

367.2

  

326

  

Longford

  

13

  

10

  

347.4

  

142

  

Kerry

  

14

  

20

  

347.3

  

513

  

Roscommon

  

<5

  

6

  

336.2

  

217

  

Leitrim

  

5

  

5

  

271.5

  

87

  

~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.

Travel prosecutions:

Around 140 files have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions relating to people arriving into Ireland without a negative PCR test, according to a government minister.

It's after plans for mandatory quarantine for people who arrive here from South Africa, Brazil or without a negative test were revealed as part of the extended lockdown.

Those coming into the country without a negative PCR test could face a fine or detention since the rule was introduced on January 16th.

Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath says people who do arrive without a negative test are being referred:

 

Bad broadband:

One in four Irish people say their broadband has become worse since the start of the pandemic, while more than one in seven feel their mobile signal has deteriorated.

A ComReg survey of 1,000 people also shows 75 per cent rely on home broadband far more than before last March. 

The Irish Independent reports 13 per cent of broadband connections aren’t adequate for home working, while over two in five now use broadband for video calls with colleagues. 
 

 

Goodbye cash:

More than 1 billion euro was spent using contactless payments in December - a new monthly record.

New figures from the Banking and Payments Federation show more than 36 million was spent per day using contactless.

The average payment was 17 euro and 36 cents.

Chief Executive of the BPFI, Brian Hayes, says consumer behaviour is changing:

Streaming:

50 per cent of Irish people now watch video on-demand compared to 39 per cent in 2018.

Ireland is now the 10th highest country in the EU out of 27 for using the internet to make phone and video calls.

It's believed the Covid lockdowns and the popularity of Netflix are driving more people towards online activity.

Retail job losses:

Over 90,000 people have lost their jobs in the retail sector because of Covid-19 restrictions, according to Retail Excellence. 

All non-essential outlets have been closed since the start of the year, and will now remain shut until at least March 5th. 

Duncan Graham, the managing director of Retail Excellence, says the sector is in crisis:

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