A total of 28 people in Ireland have lost their lives to the deadly COVID-19, health officials have confirmed today.
This brings the overall death toll to 4,109.
27 of these deaths occurred in February, 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 79 years and the age range was 32-97 years.
Additionally, some 763 new infections have been reported as the total number of cases now stands at 213,400.
Of the cases notified today:
- 370 are men / 388 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 251 in Dublin, 84 in Galway, 57 in Kildare, 47 in Limerick, 42 in Waterford and the remaining 282 cases are spread across all other counties.
As of 8am today, 754 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU. 46 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 16th, 293,752 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
187,893 people have received their first dose
105,859 people have received their second dose
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