6 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening with 646 new cases confirmed nationwide.
Clare’s incidence rate of 93.4 per 100,000 people is the eighth lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
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4 deaths occurred in March, 1 in February, 1 in January and 4 are under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 67 years and the age range was 41 – 83 years.
As of 8am today, 344 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU. 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 9th, 553,161 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 396,089 people have received their first dose
- 157,072 people have received their second dose
