Coronavirus: No further deaths and 582 new cases
There have been no deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 4,566 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Wednesday, March 17, the HPSC has been notified of 582 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 228,796* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
-290 are men / 291 are women
-74% are under 45 years of age
-the median age is 32 years old
-156 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.
As of 8am today, 345 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU.
There has 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 and 165,398 people have received their second dose.
The COVID-19 data hub 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.
