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Coronavirus: 646 New Cases; 10 Deaths Confirmed Today

Friday, 12 March 2021 17:44

National news updates on Friday 12th March.

Latest Figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

4 deaths occurred in March, 1 in February, 1 in January and 4 are under investigation.

The median age of those who died was 67 years and the age range was 41 - 83 years.

There has been a total of 4,518* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Thursday 11th March, the HPSC has been notified of 646 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 225,820** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

311 are men / 332 are women

74% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 30 years old

243 in Dublin, 80 in Kildare, 45 in Meath, 35 in Galway, 34 in Offaly and the remaining 209 cases are spread across 20 other counties***.

As of 8am today, 344 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU. 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 9th, 553,161 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

396,089 people have received their first dose

157,072 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.

 

 

County

  

Today's cases**

(to midnight 11Mar2021)

  

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 11Mar2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 11Mar2021)

  

Ireland

  

646

  

523

  

159.3

  

7,588

  

Longford

  

15

  

13

  

464.9

  

190

  

Offaly

  

34

  

23

  

370.7

  

289

  

Dublin

  

243

  

213

  

240

  

3,234

  

Meath

  

45

  

30

  

208.7

  

407

  

Kildare

  

80

  

46

  

197.7

  

440

  

Westmeath

  

12

  

8

  

194.9

  

173

  

Limerick

  

31

  

26

  

184.2

  

359

  

Louth

  

19

  

14

  

181.6

  

234

  

Donegal

  

19

  

20

  

141.3

  

225

  

Mayo

  

14

  

10

  

134.9

  

176

  

Carlow

  

<5

  

4

  

124.7

  

71

  

Galway

  

35

  

23

  

123.2

  

318

  

Laois

  

<5

  

4

  

118.1

  

100

  

Tipperary

  

7

  

10

  

115.3

  

184

  

Roscommon

  

9

  

5

  

113.1

  

73

  

Monaghan

  

8

  

5

  

107.5

  

66

  

Wicklow

  

15

  

10

  

99.7

  

142

  

Waterford

  

7

  

10

  

95.5

  

111

  

Clare

  

6

  

4

  

93.4

  

111

  

Wexford

  

8

  

7

  

78.1

  

117

  

Cavan

  

<5

  

3

  

77.5

  

59

  

Sligo

  

<5

  

5

  

76.3

  

50

  

Kerry

  

7

  

5

  

65

  

96

  

Cork

  

20

  

20

  

55.8

  

303

  

Kilkenny

  

0

  

2

  

46.4

  

46

  

Leitrim

  

<5

  

1

  

43.7

  

14

  

 

 

Change to AstraZeneca guidelines:

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has recommended the AstraZeneca vaccine be given to people aged 70 and over.

Over 70s have so far only been given Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, following NIAC's initial advice to the Department of Health.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer will now issue a fresh recommendation to Government, which will likely pave the way for the AstraZeneca vaccine to be given to older people.

Immunology Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Mullingar's Kingston Mills says the roll out of the vaccine should now speed up:

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