Coronavirus: Two further deaths and 624 new cases
By William O'Connor
THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of two additional deaths related to COVID-19.
The deaths reported today occurred in March.
There has been a total of 4,653 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday, March 26, the HPSC has been notified of 624 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There is now a total of 233,937 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.*
Of the cases notified today:
- 309 are men / 313 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 308 in Dublin, 41 in Kildare, 38 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 29 in Offaly and the remaining 177 cases are spread across 18 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 304 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 64 are in ICU. 21 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 24 2021, 732,678 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 529,984 people have received their first dose
- 202,694 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 14 confirmed cases. The figure of 233,937 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.
