THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 18 additional deaths related to Covid-19.
Of the deaths reported today, six occurred in March, seven in February and five in January.
There has been a total of 4,628 Covid-19-related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 23rd March, the HPSC has been notified of 683 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 232,164 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.*
Of the cases notified today:
- 324 are men / 359 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 308 in Dublin, 68 in Donegal, 49 in Kildare, 35 in Meath, 30 in Offaly and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 21 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 329 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. There were 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 21st 2021, 680,015 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 495,824 people have received their first dose
- 184,191 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 vaccination programme.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 232,164 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.
Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 23 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases**
(to midnight 23Mar2021) |
5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population
(to 23Mar2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days
(to 23Mar2021) |
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| Ireland | 683 | 573 | 159.3 | 7586 | |||||
| Offaly | 30 | 32 | 443.8 | 346 | |||||
| Kildare | 49 | 31 | 249 | 554 | |||||
| Donegal | 68 | 39 | 246.9 | 393 | |||||
| Dublin | 308 | 250 | 239 | 3,220 | |||||
| Longford | 5 | 6 | 237.3 | 97 | |||||
| Meath | 35 | 34 | 225.1 | 439 | |||||
| Carlow | <5 | 6 | 166.9 | 95 | |||||
| Roscommon | <5 | 6 | 153.4 | 99 | |||||
| Tipperary | 23 | 20 | 152.3 | 243 | |||||
| Westmeath | 13 | 10 | 149.8 | 133 | |||||
| Galway | 24 | 22 | 140.3 | 362 | |||||
| Waterford | <5 | 13 | 136 | 158 | |||||
| Louth | 9 | 13 | 134.2 | 173 | |||||
| Wexford | 11 | 16 | 130.2 | 195 | |||||
| Laois | 18 | 10 | 119.2 | 101 | |||||
| Wicklow | <5 | 9 | 96.2 | 137 | |||||
| Limerick | 21 | 13 | 95.4 | 186 | |||||
| Cavan | 9 | 4 | 93.2 | 71 | |||||
| Sligo | <5 | 3 | 85.5 | 56 | |||||
| Mayo | 11 | 6 | 59.8 | 78 | |||||
| Clare | 6 | 4 | 54.7 | 65 | |||||
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 53.1 | 17 | |||||
| Monaghan | <5 | 1 | 48.9 | 30 | |||||
| Kerry | 7 | 3 | 48.7 | 72 | |||||
| Cork | 14 | 16 | 42.9 | 233 | |||||
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3 | 33.3 | 33 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.
- 7-day incidence 83
- 5-day moving average 573
