A further 33 deaths and an additional 744 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health this evening.
NPHET said 31 of these deaths occurred in February while two happened in January.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 42-105 years.
There has now been a total of 3,980 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There is also now a total of 211,113 confirmed cases of the virus in the country.
Of the cases notified today:
- 373 are male/ 366 are female
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 301 in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare and the remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties
The 37 new cases in Waterford has led to a slight increase in the 14-day incidence rate locally.
It's now 321.9 cases per 100,000 people, up from 318.5 yesterday.
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