Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 24 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
12 deaths occurred in March, 10 in February and 2 in January.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 49 - 100 years.
There has been a total of 4,610* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 22nd March, the HPSC has been notified of 371 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 231,484** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
No new cases have been identified in Longford, Leitrim or Roscommon.
Of the cases notified today:
- 183 are men / 187 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 151 in Dublin, 31 in Offaly, 27 in Donegal, 25 in Galway, 21 in Meath and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 16 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 357 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 20th 2021, 675,946 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 492,106 people have received their first dose
- 183,840 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.
