Latest figures Coronavirus Ireland: 54 further deaths and 1,006 new cases confirmed

Niall Donald

February 10 2021 05:44 PM

There has been further 54 Covid-19 related deaths while 1,006 new cases of the virus confirmed by the Department of Health this evening.

This brings the Covid-19 death toll to 3,794 while the total number of confirmed cases in Ireland now stands at 205,939.

According to the Department of Health, of the deaths reported today, 45 of these deaths occurred in February, five occurred in January and four are still under investigation.

The median age of those who died was 86 years and the age range was 48 to 104 years.

Of the recorded cases, 516 are in Dublin, 63 in Cork, 46 in Galway, 43 in Meath, 36 in Louth and the remaining 302 cases are spread across all other counties.

Of the cases notified today, 476 are men and 524 are women and 65% are under 45 years of age.

As of 8am today, 1,032 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 173 are in ICU. 40 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of February 7, a total of 240,487 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland with 153,654 people having received their first dose and 86,833 people have received their second dose.