Another 582 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Ireland, but there have been no further deaths.
Of the cases notified today, 290 are men and 291 are women.
Some 74% are under 45 years of age, while the median age is 32.
There were 156 cases found in Dublin, 23 in Meath, 19 in Donegal, 15 in Louth, 14 in Kildare and the remaining 198 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
There is now a total of 228,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland after one case was denotified today.
As of 8am today, 345 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU.
There have been 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 15, 620,580 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 455,182 people have received their first dose
- 165,398 people have received their second dose
There has been a total of 4,566 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
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 17 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
