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15 new killer Covid-19 cases confirmed in Co. Tipperary

The Department of Health has confirmed that there has, sadly, been 6 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,319.

There have been 612 new additional virus cases reported within the republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 219,592.

Of the cases today; not surprisingly 289 are in Dublin, 45 are in Limerick, 34 in Longford, 33 in Galway, 26 in Kildare, with the remaining 185 cases located across 19 other counties.

There have been confirmed, over the past year, 4913 Covid-19 cases within the borders of Co. Tipperary relevent to midnight February 26th last. Some 15 new cases were confirmed in the 24 hours to midnight last night, with 298 new cases within the past 14 days.

In Northern Ireland today, the Department of Health has sadly recorded again 3 further coronavirus deaths and identified 136 further new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours.

There are 554 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 133 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

Some 271,594 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to February 25th, with 137,935 persons having received their second dose. Close to half a million vaccine doses are expected to be administered by the end of next week. Meanwhile, the United Nations has warned that more than 100 countries around the world have as yet failed to administer a single dose.

The total worldwide number of virus cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 113.9 million confirmed, with global deaths at almost 2.53 million.

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Only YOU and you alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health has confirmed that there has, sadly, been 29 further death caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,300.

There have been 776 new additional virus cases reported within the republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 218,251.

Of the cases today; 278 are in Dublin, 69 were in Galway, 57 were in Meath, 52 in Kildare, 48 in Donegal, with the remaining 272 cases located across all other counties.

There have been confirmed, over the past year, 4877 Covid-19 cases within the borders of Co. Tipperary.

In Northern Ireland today, the Department of Health has sadly recorded 2 further coronavirus deaths and identified 241 further new cases of the disease.

There are 574 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 136 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn has issued a letter appealing to parents and guardians not to congregate at school gates, indicating that the return of children to school does not signal social mixing is now again fully acceptable.

238,841 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to February 22th, with 134,439 persons having received their second dose.

Meanwhile, the total worldwide number of cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 113.2 million confirmed cases, with global deaths over 2.51 million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.

Only YOU and you alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

With Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions to remain until April 5th at least, the Department of Health has confirmed that there has, sadly, been 56 further death caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,237.

There have been 574 new additional virus cases reported within the republic. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 216,870.

Of the cases today; 175 are in Dublin, 57 are in Limerick, 43 are in Kildare, 37 are in Galway, 35 are in Meath, with the remaining 227 cases located across 18 other counties.

In all, there have been a total of 4,835 virus cases confirmed within the borders of Co. Tipperary, to midnight February 22nd last, with 17 confirmed cases in the 24 hours prior to midnight February 23rd, and 300 virus cases confirmed over the previous 14 days, also ending February 23rd.

In Northern Ireland today, the Department of Health has sadly recorded two further coronavirus deaths and identified 260 further new cases of the disease.

There are 652 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 137 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

Other News.
The expiry dates of driving licences has been extended in light of the ongoing disruption to licencing services, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic across the European Union.

People aged between 16 and 69, latter who are at very high risk of developing Covid-19 virus, have been moved up the Government’s vaccine allocation strategy list.
220,073 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to February 21th, with 131,898 persons having received their second dose.
An Tánaiste Mr Leo Varadkar has stated that he is confident that over 80% of adults will have at least one vaccination by the end of June 2021.

Meanwhile, the Government has confirmed that measures to support business, jobs and employment will remain in place until the end of June 2021. It follows the announcement that Covid level 5 restrictions are to remain in place across a number of sectors for weeks.

Meanwhile, the total worldwide number of cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, now stands at well over 112.2 million confirmed cases, with global deaths almost 2.49 million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.