HPSC reveals 763 new Covid cases and 28 additional deaths

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 28 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

27 of these deaths occurred in February, 1 in January.

The HPSC has also been notified of 763 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

11 new cases were reported for Longford, 5 for Leitrim and fewer than 5 in Roscommon.

As of 8am today, 754 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU.

There have been 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.