Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 24 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
12 deaths occurred in March, 10 in February and 2 in January.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 49 - 100 years.
There has been a total of 4,610* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 22nd March, the HPSC has been notified of 371 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 231,484** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 183 are men / 187 are women
- 75% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 151 in Dublin, 31 in Offaly, 27 in Donegal, 25 in Galway, 21 in Meath and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 16 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 357 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 20th 2021, 675,946 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 492,106 people have received their first dose
- 183,840 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 deaths. The figure of 4,610 deaths reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 231,484 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 22Mar2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 22Mar2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (09Mar2021 to 22Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (09Mar2021 to 22Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 371 | 538 | 158.3 | 7,538 |
| Offaly | 31 | 31 | 443.8 | 346 |
| Longford | 0 | 8 | 261.8 | 107 |
| Kildare | 14 | 29 | 249.4 | 555 |
| Dublin | 151 | 232 | 234.5 | 3,160 |
| Meath | 21 | 31 | 229.7 | 448 |
| Donegal | 27 | 29 | 218.0 | 347 |
| Carlow | 6 | 7 | 177.4 | 101 |
| Roscommon | 0 | 7 | 151.8 | 98 |
| Waterford | 8 | 14 | 148.9 | 173 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 19 | 147.3 | 235 |
| Westmeath | 12 | 9 | 146.4 | 130 |
| Louth | 18 | 13 | 142.0 | 183 |
| Galway | 25 | 23 | 138.0 | 356 |
| Wexford | <5 | 17 | 128.2 | 192 |
| Limerick | 11 | 11 | 102.6 | 200 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 11 | 100.4 | 143 |
| Laois | 8 | 9 | 99.2 | 84 |
| Cavan | <5 | 3 | 88.0 | 67 |
| Sligo | <5 | 4 | 87.0 | 57 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 1 | 58.6 | 36 |
| Mayo | <5 | 4 | 58.2 | 76 |
| Clare | <5 | 4 | 53.9 | 64 |
| Cork | 16 | 17 | 47.7 | 259 |
| Kerry | 0 | 3 | 47.4 | 70 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 1 | 40.6 | 13 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3 | 38.3 | 38 |
~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 80.3
- 5-day moving average 538
