A further 48 Covid-19 related deaths have been reported this evening

A further 76 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Meath today.

Public health officials have reported  1,254 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland this evening, as well as 48 more deaths. 45 of these deaths occurred in January.

To date, there have been 193,892 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 3,214 deaths.

Of the cases notified today:

587 are among men and 658 are among women;

54% are among people under the age of 45;

The median age is 42;

437 are in Dublin; 146 are in Cork; 76 are in Meath; 69 are in Wexford; 62 are in Kildare and the remaining 464 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 2pm today, 1,518 patients are in hospital, of which 211 are in ICU. There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population nationally is now 574.7. This is almost 50% lower than the same time last week.