Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 14 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
12 deaths occurred in March, 1 in February and 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 68 - 97 years.
There has been a total of 4,681 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Monday 29th March, the HPSC has been notified of 368 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 235,444* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 181 are men / 182 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 34 years old
- 127 in Dublin, 34 in Kildare, 26 in Meath, 21 in Limerick, 19 in Offaly and the remaining 141 cases are spread across 18 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 310 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 27th 2021, 802,502 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 577,641 people have received their first dose
- 224,861 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 235,444 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 29Mar2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 29Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 29Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 368 | 543 | 164.1 | 7816 |
| Offaly | 19 | 25 | 474.6 | 370 |
| Donegal | 13 | 28 | 278.9 | 444 |
| Dublin | 127 | 223 | 246 | 3315 |
| Kildare | 34 | 38 | 227 | 505 |
| Westmeath | 11 | 21 | 221.9 | 197 |
| Meath | 26 | 28 | 216.9 | 423 |
| Longford | <5 | 5 | 208 | 85 |
| Laois | 7 | 15 | 187.7 | 159 |
| Tipperary | 16 | 16 | 172.4 | 275 |
| Cavan | 8 | 12 | 158.8 | 121 |
| Louth | 12 | 14 | 154.4 | 199 |
| Wexford | 10 | 15 | 145.6 | 218 |
| Roscommon | 0 | 3 | 127 | 82 |
| Waterford | <5 | 7 | 116.2 | 135 |
| Galway | <5 | 16 | 113.2 | 292 |
| Wicklow | 13 | 16 | 113 | 161 |
| Limerick | 21 | 19 | 105.7 | 206 |
| Carlow | 6 | 3 | 105.4 | 60 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 2 | 68.7 | 22 |
| Mayo | 5 | 9 | 68.2 | 89 |
| Clare | <5 | 5 | 61.4 | 73 |
| Sligo | 0 | 0 | 59.5 | 39 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 3 | 48.9 | 30 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 2 | 45.3 | 45 |
| Cork | 14 | 17 | 41.1 | 223 |
| Kerry | 6 | 2 | 32.5 | 48 |
~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 84.1
- 5-day moving average 543
