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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 18 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
17 deaths occurred in March, and 1 in February.
The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 55 – 102 years.
There has been a total of 4,552 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 15th March, the HPSC has been notified of 349 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 227,663* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 172 are men / 177 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 156 in Dublin, 23 in Meath, 19 in Donegal, 15 in Louth, 14 in Kildare and the remaining 122 cases are spread across all other counties. **
As of 8am today, 355 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 88 are in ICU. 36 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 13th, 615,934 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 451,589 people have received their first dose
- 164,345 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.
ENDS//
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 227,663 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 15 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 15Mar2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 15Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 15Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 349 | 499 | 148.1 | 7,052 |
| Offaly | <5 | 21 | 347.6 | 271 |
| Longford | <5 | 5 | 345 | 141 |
| Kildare | 14 | 45 | 227 | 505 |
| Dublin | 156 | 202 | 223.3 | 3,008 |
| Meath | 23 | 31 | 215.3 | 420 |
| Louth | 15 | 13 | 155.2 | 200 |
| Donegal | 19 | 21 | 152 | 242 |
| Westmeath | 11 | 11 | 147.6 | 131 |
| Limerick | 5 | 13 | 133.4 | 260 |
| Carlow | <5 | 7 | 130 | 74 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 15 | 117.2 | 187 |
| Galway | 14 | 27 | 113.2 | 292 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 7 | 105.4 | 68 |
| Waterford | 8 | 9 | 103.3 | 120 |
| Mayo | <5 | 7 | 102.7 | 134 |
| Wicklow | 14 | 10 | 99.7 | 142 |
| Wexford | 11 | 12 | 86.8 | 130 |
| Laois | <5 | 3 | 86.2 | 73 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 3 | 83.1 | 51 |
| Sligo | <5 | 3 | 80.9 | 53 |
| Clare | <5 | 5 | 69.9 | 83 |
| Cavan | 7 | 3 | 67 | 51 |
| Kerry | 5 | 5 | 53.5 | 79 |
| Cork | 14 | 19 | 51.8 | 281 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 2 | 45.3 | 45 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 34.3 | 11 |
~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 is 78.1
- 5-day moving average is 499
