covid toll CMO warns now time to protect yourself from Covid-19 in time for jab as 94 virus deaths and 1,013 cases confirmed Latest Updated: 3 Feb 2021, 19:31 IRELAND'S top doctor has warned now is the time to protect yourself to ensure you get the Covid-19 jab - as another 94 virus deaths were confirmed here. The Department of Health has also confirmed that 1,013 more cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed. 2 2 A Covid-19 information poster outside a park in Co Cork amid Covid restrictionsCredit: Alamy Live News There has now been a total of 3,512 Covid-19 related deaths and 199,430 confirmed cases of the virus in the Republic.