Covid-19 Tuesday: 24 deaths, 371 new cases

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 24 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

Of the deaths, 12 occurred in March, 10 in February and two in January.

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 49-100 years.

There has been a total of 4,610* Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 22^nd March, the HPSC has been notified of 371 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 231,484** confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 183 are men / 187 are women
• 75% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 30 years old
• 151 in Dublin, 31 in Offaly, 27 in Donegal, 25 in Galway, 21 in Meath and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 16 other counties***.

As of 8am today, 357 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. There were 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 20^th 2021, 675,946 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 492,106 people have received their first dose
• 183,840 people have received their second dose

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 vaccination programme.

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of two deaths. The figure of 4,610 deaths reflects this.

**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 231,484 confirmed cases reflects this.

***County data should be considered provisional as the national Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (CIDR) is a dynamic system and case details are continually being validated and updated.

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 22 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

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