Statement from the Department of Health - Monday 21 March

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4,024 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Sunday 20 March, 10,631* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

• on Thursday 17 March, the HPSC was notified of 5,231 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 8,322* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Friday 18 March, the HPSC was notified of 5,628 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 6,313* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Saturday 19 March, the HPSC was notified of 4,787 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 6,774* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
• on Sunday 20 March, the HPSC was notified of 5,067 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 7,177* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day

As of 8am today, 1,308 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 49 are in ICU.

• These data are provisional and are not directly comparable with laboratory PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases registered through the HSE Covid Care Tracker.

Data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases and deaths is available on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub.

Additional data on vaccination, hospital, ICU and local electoral areas is available on Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.

See the latest public health advice.