A further 68 people with Covid-19 have died

As cases of Covid-19 continue to fall, 19 people were being treated for the virus in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan last night (Monday) while 58 were receiving treatment in hospital in Drogheda.

Three of those being treated in Navan were in critical care beds, while there were eight in critical care in Drogheda.

As of 8am today, 1,104 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised nationally, of which 182 are in ICU and there were 54 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Health officials confirmed a further 20 new cases in Meath today.

A further 556 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland today , according to the National Public Health Emergency Team.

The latest figures announced this evening show that a further 68 people with Covid-19 have also died.

Of today’s deaths, 50 occurred in February, 15 occurred in January and two in December.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland now stands at 3,752, and the total number of confirmed cases is at 204,940.

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 are 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 6 February, there have been 236,996 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland. 152,652 people have received their first dose and 84,344 people have received their second dose.