32 new cases of Covid-19 in Meath today as health officials confirm another 47 deaths

Health officials have confirmed 901 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland this evening and a further 47 people confirmed to have Covid-19 have died.

32 of the new cases reported today are in Meath.

44 of the deaths happened in February, two happened in January and one in December.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Ireland is 4,082, and the total number of confirmed cases is now at 212,647.

Of the cases notified today:

473 are men and 422 are women

65% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 36 years old

437 cases are in Dublin, 49 are in Limerick, 43 are in Galway, 39 are in Kildare, 32 are in Meath and the remaining 301 cases are spread across all other counties.

As of 8am today, 771 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 151 are in ICU. There have been 48 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 15th February, 280,581 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland. A total of 182,193 people have received their first dose and 98,388 people have received their second dose.