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The Health Department has confirmed 93 Covid-related deaths and 2,001 new cases of the disease.
There have now been 2,708 deaths from coronavirus and a total of 176,839.
The number of people receiving intensive care treatment is now 202, two more than yesterday.
Of the current cases: 892 are men, 1,098 are women with 55% under 45 years of age.
701 cases are in Dublin, 204 in Cork, 102 in Waterford, 98 in Meath, 90 in Donegal and the remaining 806 cases are spread across all other counties.
At 2:00 p.m., 1,949 Covid patients were in the hospital, 202 in the ICU.
There have been 100 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours.
Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said: “While we are beginning to see the first results of our collective efforts to minimize transmission of the virus, we sadly report an additional 93 deaths today. We cannot afford to lower our guard against sky-highs. levels of infection that remain in the community today.
“The Covid-19 hospitalization and ICU figures are of vital importance to us as they put very significant pressure on our healthcare workers and on the provision of acute non-Covid medical and surgical care. We need you to everyone stay home except for reasons.
“The more each individual follows this advice in their daily life, the more we can reduce the spread of Covid-19 and minimize the impact on vital healthcare services, patients and frontline workers.”
Meanwhile, the government is expected to complete a review of current Covid-19 restrictions at next Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.
The current restrictions run until January 31, but it seems certain they will be extended.
The country moved to full Level 5 restrictions on December 30, 2020 following an increase in coronavirus cases.
Today’s government meeting heard again from Education Minister Norma Foley that public health councils make it clear that schools are safe.
It comes as new figures from the Center for Health Protection Surveillance show that the number of Covid-19 outbreaks increased last week.
Total outbreaks increased to 293 compared to 220 the previous week. The main increases were observed in residential institutions and hospitals.
The number of outbreaks in workplaces also rose to 41 from 25 the previous week.
Outbreaks in private homes fell for the second week in a row.
Data is for the week through January 16.
It was compiled at a time when the HSE temporarily suspended close contact tracking, due to the recent spike in overall Covid-19 cases.
Additional reports Fergal Bowers
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