Galway Bay FM Newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
9 deaths occurred in March, 4 in February, and 4 occurred in January or earlier.
The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 – 94 years.
There has been a total of 4,566* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 16th March, the HPSC has been notified of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 228,215** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 262 are men / 291 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 229 in Dublin, 58 in Kildare, 34 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 24 in Tipperary and the remaining 181 cases are spread across all other counties. ***
As of 8am today, 350 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 14th, 617,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 452,554 people have received their first dose
- 164,496 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.
*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification 3 deaths. The figure of 4,566 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 228,215 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.
| County | Today's cases**(to midnight 16Mar2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population(to 16Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days(to 16Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 557 | 481 | 148 | 7,048 |
| Offaly | 15 | 18 | 339.9 | 265 |
| Longford | 5 | 3 | 318.1 | 130 |
| Kildare | 58 | 40 | 236.4 | 526 |
| Dublin | 229 | 199 | 222.9 | 3,003 |
| Meath | 31 | 28 | 215.8 | 421 |
| Donegal | 34 | 24 | 160.8 | 256 |
| Louth | 10 | 11 | 145.1 | 187 |
| Carlow | 10 | 8 | 142.3 | 81 |
| Westmeath | 14 | 11 | 141.9 | 126 |
| Limerick | 12 | 9 | 128.3 | 250 |
| Tipperary | 24 | 19 | 124.7 | 199 |
| Galway | 20 | 24 | 115.1 | 297 |
| Roscommon | 8 | 6 | 114.7 | 74 |
| Waterford | 6 | 8 | 103.3 | 120 |
| Mayo | <5 | 5 | 98.1 | 128 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 8 | 95.5 | 136 |
| Wexford | 11 | 13 | 89.5 | 134 |
| Sligo | 9 | 4 | 88.5 | 58 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 2 | 81.5 | 50 |
| Cavan | 13 | 5 | 78.8 | 60 |
| Laois | 6 | 4 | 77.9 | 66 |
| Clare | <5 | 4 | 57.2 | 68 |
| Kerry | 10 | 6 | 54.8 | 81 |
| Cork | 10 | 17 | 50.3 | 273 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 3 | 47.4 | 47 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 37.4 | 12 |
~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 76.5
- 5-day moving average is 481
