16 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening with 901 new cases confirmed nationwide.
Clare’s incidence rate of 144.8 per 100,000 people is the seventh lowest in the country.
Meanwhile, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 47 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
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44 of these deaths occurred in February, 2 occurred in January and 1 in December.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 – 99 years.
As of 8am today, 771 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU. 48 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of February 15, 280,581 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 182,193 people have received their first dose
- 98,388 people have received their second dose
