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14 deaths and 368 new cases of Covid-19 nationally

Mar 30, 2021 17:26 By Shannonside News
14 deaths and 368 new cases of Covid-19 nationally
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The situation in the Shannonside region has begun to stabilize over the last number of days, with Longford reporting lower levels of virus transmission.

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 14 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

12 deaths occurred in March, 1 in February and 1 in January.

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The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 68 - 97 years.

There has been a total of 4,681 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 29th March, the HPSC has been notified of 368 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 235,444* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

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Less than five new cases of the virus have been identified in Longford and Leitrim, while no cases have been recorded for Roscommon in the last 24 hours.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 181 are men / 182 are women
  • 67% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 127 in Dublin, 34 in Kildare, 26 in Meath, 21 in Limerick, 19 in Offaly and the remaining 141 cases are spread across 18 other counties**.
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As of 8am today, 310 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

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As of March 27th 2021, 802,502 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 577,641 people have received their first dose
  • 224,861 people have received their second dose
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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.

 

ENDS//

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