Coronavirus: 17 further deaths and 557 new cases
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
According to NPHET’s statement this evening, nine deaths occurred in March, four in February and four occurred in January or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 to 94 years.
There has been a total of 4,566* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday, March 16, the HPSC has been notified of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 228,215** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 262 are men / 291 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 229 in Dublin, 58 in Kildare, 34 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 24 in Tipperary and the remaining 181 cases are spread across all other counties. ***
As of 8am today, 350 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 14, 617,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland: 452,554 people have received their first dose and 164,496 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 COVID-19 Vaccination Programme.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification 3 deaths. The figure of 4,566 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 228,215 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.
