Nine new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Donegal, NPHET reports this evening.
Nationally, an additional 23 deaths and 921 new cases were revealed by the Department of Health.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 57 – 95 years. Twenty-one of these deaths occurred in February and two occurred in January.
As of 8am today, 984 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 172 are in ICU. There have been 44 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The latest data from Letterkenny University Hospital recorded 62 patients with Covid-19 onsite last night, of which four are in ICU.
As of February 9, 248,284 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 158,904 people have received their first dose
- 89,380 people have received their second dose
Dr Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “We have made progress in Ireland over recent weeks, but the rate of transmission of the disease is still extremely high and the risks COVID-19 poses to our vulnerable loved ones have not changed.”
“Everyone is working hard to drive down COVID-19 infection in the community, and we must all continue to limit the number of daily contacts we have. The only way to limit the spread of COVID-19 is to limit our social contacts and follow the public health advice, wash our hands, maintain a social distance, wear a face covering where appropriate, work from home and stay at home.”
