Fewer Than 5 Cases Of Covid-19 Confirmed Today In Clare; 525 Nationally

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

7 deaths occurred in March and 2 in February.

The median age of those who died was 76 years and the age range was 64 – 95 years.

There has been a total of 4,585 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Friday 19th March, the HPSC has been notified of 525 confirmed cases of COVID-19 – fewer than five of these occurring in Clare. There is now a total of 229,831 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 255 are men / 265 are women
• 68% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 34 years old
• 266 in Dublin, 33 in Meath, 29 in Wexford, 25 in Offaly, 24 in Donegal, and the remaining 148 cases are spread across 19 other counties. *

As of 8am today, 328 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. 27 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 17^th, 639,586 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 468,328 people have received their first dose
• 171,258 people have received their second dose