8 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening with 556 new cases confirmed nationwide.
50 of these deaths occurred in February,15 occurred in January and 2 in December.
Clare’s incidence rate of 166.6 per 100,000 people is still the fifth lowest in the country and continues to fall.
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As of midnight, Sunday 7th February, the HPSC has been notified of 556 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 204,940 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 284 are men / 268 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 39 years old
- 163 in Dublin, 45 in Limerick, 38 in Galway, 34 in Cork, 29 in Waterford and the remaining 247 cases are spread across 20 other counties****
As of 8am today, 1,104 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 182 are in ICU. 54 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
