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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.
Of the deaths reported today, 6 occurred in March, 7 in February and 5 in January.
There has been a total of 4,628 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Tuesday 23rd March, the HPSC has been notified of 683 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 232,164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.*
Of the cases notified today:
- 324 are men / 359 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 308 in Dublin, 68 in Donegal, 49 in Kildare, 35 in Meath, 30 in Offaly and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 21 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 329 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 21st 2021, 680,015 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 495,824 people have received their first dose
- 184,191 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 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 232,164 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 23 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases** (to midnight 23Mar2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 23Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 23Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 683 | 573 | 159.3 | 7586 |
| Offaly | 30 | 32 | 443.8 | 346 |
| Kildare | 49 | 31 | 249 | 554 |
| Donegal | 68 | 39 | 246.9 | 393 |
| Dublin | 308 | 250 | 239 | 3,220 |
| Longford | 5 | 6 | 237.3 | 97 |
| Meath | 35 | 34 | 225.1 | 439 |
| Carlow | <5 | 6 | 166.9 | 95 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 6 | 153.4 | 99 |
| Tipperary | 23 | 20 | 152.3 | 243 |
| Westmeath | 13 | 10 | 149.8 | 133 |
| Galway | 24 | 22 | 140.3 | 362 |
| Waterford | <5 | 13 | 136 | 158 |
| Louth | 9 | 13 | 134.2 | 173 |
| Wexford | 11 | 16 | 130.2 | 195 |
| Laois | 18 | 10 | 119.2 | 101 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 9 | 96.2 | 137 |
| Limerick | 21 | 13 | 95.4 | 186 |
| Cavan | 9 | 4 | 93.2 | 71 |
| Sligo | <5 | 3 | 85.5 | 56 |
| Mayo | 11 | 6 | 59.8 | 78 |
| Clare | 6 | 4 | 54.7 | 65 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 53.1 | 17 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 1 | 48.9 | 30 |
| Kerry | 7 | 3 | 48.7 | 72 |
| Cork | 14 | 16 | 42.9 | 233 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3 | 33.3 | 33 |
~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 83
- 5-day moving average 573
