Midlands 103 Coronavirus: 556 New Cases And 68 Additional Deaths The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 68 additional deaths related to COVID-19. 50 of these deaths occurred in February,15 occurred in January and 2 in December*. The median age of those who died was 85 years and the age range was 43-96 years. There has been a total of 3,752** COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight, Sunday 7th February, the HPSC has been notified of 556 confirmed cases of COVID-19. In the midlands a total of 36 new COVID-19 cases have been identified, Offaly has the highest figures with 18 new cases of the virus.