Covid-19: 12,560 new cases confirmed as 92 new deaths notified this week

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 5,940 positive PCR cases of COVID-19 Ireland today.

In addition, on Tuesday 1 February, 6,620 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. That’s a total of 12,560 new cases of the virus.

A total of 92 deaths related to Covid-19 have been newly notified in the past week, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,228 since the beginning of the pandemic. 

As of 8am today, 630 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised nationally, of which 65 are in ICU. 

624 Covid-19 patients were in hospital yesterday, with 66 in ICU.

Since last week, the Department of Health has decided to release Covid-19 case numbers from Monday to Friday, rather than over the weekend. 

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