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29th Jan 2021

48 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, 1,254 new cases

Alan Loughnane

There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 48 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

45 of the deaths occurred in January while median age of those who died is 82 years and the age range is 30-99 years.

The HPSC has also been notified of 1,254 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

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

As of 2pm today, 1,518 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 211 are in ICU.

There have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

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