Coronavirus: 30 further deaths and 311 new cases

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 30 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

12 deaths occurred in March, 13 in February, four in January and one is under investigation.

There has been a total of 4,452 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday, March 8, the HPSC has been notified of 311 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There is now a total of 223,957* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 159 are men / 149 are women
• 64% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 34 years old
• 135 in Dublin, 29 in Kildare, 21 in Cork, 18 in Limerick, 14 in Louth and the remaining 94 cases are spread across 16 other counties**.

As of 8am today, 397 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 95 are in ICU. 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 6, 523,069 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 373,149 people have received their first dose
• 149,920 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 of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 223,957 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.