James Cox
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
5 of these deaths occurred in February, and one occurred in January.
In the South East, there are 30 new infections in the county - the highest case figure in the region today.
Thats followed by 27 in Tipperary, 14 in Kilkenny, 11 in Wexford and 9 new cases in Waterford.
The median age of those who died was 84 years and the age range was 75-95 years.
There has been a total of 3,687* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Sunday 7th February, the HPSC has been notified of 829 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 204,397 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.