Another 507 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Ireland.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has also today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to the disease.
Nine of these deaths occurred in March, while one remains under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 75 and the age range was 45 – 88.
There has been a total of 4,576 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There is now a total of 229,306 confirmed cases in Ireland. Validation of data resulted in the re-classification of three probable cases to confirmed status.
Of the cases notified today:
- 249 are men / 255 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 216 in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 29 in Galway, 24 in Offaly, 18 in Tipperary, and the remaining 180 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 8am today, 336 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU. There have been 43 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 16, 632,359 doses of vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 463,500 people have received their first dose
- 168,859 people have received their second dose
Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 18 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
