Less than 5 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Clare this evening, with 591 confirmed nationally.
The exact number of cases is now specified by NPHET.
Clare’s five day moving average of new cases is now 4, while our fourteen-day incidence rate per 100,000 of 55.5 is the fifth lowest in the country.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
4 deaths occurred in March, 4 in February.
The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 – 94 years.
As of 8am today, 264 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 62 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 30th 2021, 840,561 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 603,802 people have received their first dose
- 236,759 people have received their second dose
