Health authorities have announced 591 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland today.
There are now a total of 237,187 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Additionally some eight people have lost their lives to the virus as the death toll is now at 4,713.
4 deaths occurred in March, 4 in February.
The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 - 94 years.
Of the cases notified today:
- 292 are men / 295 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 31 years old
- 288 in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 30 in Meath, 28 in Westmeath, 27 in Laois and the remaining 178 cases are spread across 19 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 264 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 62 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 30 th 2021, 840,561 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 603,802 people have received their first dose
- 236,759 people have received their second dose
