The Department of Health has been notified of 33 additional deaths, relating to Covid-19.
Two of those deaths occurred last month.
As of Midnight this morning, there have been 744 confirmed new cases of the virus.
NPHET Statement: @hpscireland has today been notified of 33 additional deaths related to #COVID19.
31 of these deaths occurred in February and 2 in January.
Median age is 81 years & age range was 42-105 years.
There has been a total of 3,980 #COVID19 related deaths in Ireland
— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) February 16, 2021
373 of today's cases are identified in men while 866 are in women.
Most people -68% - are under 45 years of age.
The median age is 31 years old.
Most of today's cases were identified in Dublin, where there are 301 new cases.
Elsewhere, there are 77 new cases in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly and 32 in Kildare.
The remaining 261 cases are spread across all other counties.
Meanwhile, there have been 51 additional hospitalisations in the past twenty-four hours.
In total, there are 861 Covid-19 patients in hospitals - 159 of whom are in intensive care.
The 14 Day incident rate to February 15th is 269.3 per 100,000 population.
Over 91,000 People Fully Vaccinated And New Jab Seeks Approval
As of February 13th, 91,625 people have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Meanwhile, 176,926 were given their first shot.
A new, single dose vaccine has been put forward for approval.
EU Regulators could decide whether to authorise Johnson & Johnson's single dose shot by the middle of next month.
The EMA will assess the vaccine under an accelerated timeline.
Ireland has ordered 2.2 million doses of the vaccine which can be stored at much lower temperatures than the Pfizer and Moderna jabs.
Trials have shown Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is 100 percent effective in preventing hospitalisation and death from covid-19.
