Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 18 March
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 18 March 2021
- Last updated on: 22 March 2021
Today's cases
There have been no deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 4,566 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 17 March, the HPSC has been notified of 582 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 228,796* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 228,796 cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 290 are men and 291 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 32 years old
- 262 in Dublin, 41 in Galway, 34 in Meath, 24 in Kildare, 23 in Waterford and the remaining 198 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 8am today, 345 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. There have been 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Latest update on vaccines
As of last Monday (15 March), there have been 620,580 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 455,182 people have received their first dose
- 165,398 people have received their second dose
The COVID-19 data hub 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.
County-by-county cases
- the 7-day incidence rate is 76.3
- the 5-day moving average is 489