Health officials confirm another 33 people with Covid-19 have died

There were 20 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Meath today, while 18 people were last night being treated for the virus in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, with two in critical care beds.

In Drogheda there were 53 people being treated for the virus with eight of those in ICU.

A further 33 people confirmed to have Covid-19 have died in Ireland, the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) has said this evening. It was confirmed that 31 of these deaths occurred in February and two in January.

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42 to 105.

NPHET also said 744 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is 3,980, and the total number of confirmed cases is now at 211,113.

Of the cases notified today:

373 are male, 366 are female

68 per cent are under the age of 45

The median age is 31

301 cases are in Dublin, 77 are in Galway, 37 are in Waterford, 36 are in Offaly, 32 are in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 8am today, 861 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 159 are in ICU. There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.