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Coronavirus: 525 New Cases; 3 Deaths Reported Today

Sunday, 7 March 2021 09:19

National News March 7th 2021.

Figures:

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

1 death occurred in March and 1 in January*.

There has been a total of 4,422 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Saturday 6th March, the HPSC has been notified of 525 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 223,219** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

271 are men / 254 are women

74% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 31 years old

214 in Dublin, 37 in Meath, 28 in Offaly, 28 in Limerick and 25 in Wicklow and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 19 other counties***.

As of 8am today, 423 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 103 are in ICU. 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 4th, 493,873 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland

346,256 people have received their first dose

147,617 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 06Mar2021)

  

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 06Mar2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 06Mar2021)

  

Ireland

  

525

  

520

  

172.3

  

8,203

  

Longford

  

6

  

12

  

381.7

  

156

  

Offaly

  

28

  

15

  

342.5

  

267

  

Westmeath

  

6

  

13

  

264.7

  

235

  

Dublin

  

214

  

235

  

248.4

  

3,347

  

Louth

  

20

  

16

  

239

  

308

  

Meath

  

37

  

33

  

222.5

  

434

  

Limerick

  

28

  

20

  

215

  

419

  

Kildare

  

19

  

27

  

177.5

  

395

  

Laois

  

8

  

8

  

177.1

  

150

  

Donegal

  

13

  

10

  

160.8

  

256

  

Mayo

  

12

  

11

  

159.4

  

208

  

Carlow

  

9

  

5

  

158.1

  

90

  

Galway

  

18

  

17

  

153.5

  

396

  

Tipperary

  

18

  

13

  

142.3

  

227

  

Monaghan

  

<5

  

4

  

132

  

81

  

Clare

  

5

  

9

  

126.2

  

150

  

Waterford

  

8

  

7

  

113.6

  

132

  

Roscommon

  

<5

  

4

  

113.1

  

73

  

Cavan

  

0

  

4

  

110.3

  

84

  

Wicklow

  

25

  

11

  

98.3

  

140

  

Leitrim

  

0

  

1

  

81.1

  

26

  

Sligo

  

<5

  

3

  

76.3

  

50

  

Wexford

  

14

  

8

  

74.8

  

112

  

Kerry

  

12

  

6

  

65

  

96

  

Kilkenny

  

<5

  

5

  

61.5

  

61

  

Cork

  

14

  

21

  

57.1

  

310

  

~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 76.6
  • 5-day moving average 520

Hospitals:

There's been a slight increase in the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in the last 24 hours.

Latest figures show 423 people with the virus being treated.

There are 103 patients in intensive care units - with 5 admissions since yesterday.

Quarantine:

The President's signed into law the legislation to bring in mandatory hotel quarantine. 

It means people arriving into the country from 33 states will have to quarantine in a designated facility for two weeks. 

Under the new legislation, anyone who doesn't adhere to the rules will be fined 4,000 euro and face a possible month in prison.

Older people:

The Government needs to start planning a post-pandemic plan for older people now according to a charity.

ALONE says the most vulnerable will need support to re-emerge into their communities after being in and out of lockdowns for almost a year.

It's asking Ministers to begin planning now, for what happens when the vaccination programme is finished.

CEO Sean Moynihan says cocooners will have a whole host of issues they'll need help with:

Vaccine:

Around 30 GP surgeries where patients over 85 are still waiting to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will hold clinics for them early next week. 

That's according to the Irish Medical Organisation, which says there's now 98pc coverage in that age group. 

539 more people have tested positive for the virus, and 14 more patients are now known to have died. 

The HSE is planning to give 84,000 more injections in the week ahead. 

Co Donegal GP Dr Denis McAuley says he has yet to hear of any patient not taking up the offer of a vaccine against the deadly virus. 

The HSE says GPs may not receive their full orders of Covid-19 vaccines in the coming weeks, due to a new shortage of supply.
 
It says the number of doses available is slightly less than previously advised, due to an issue with the delivery of Moderna jabs. 

The HSE says the available supply is about 15 per cent less than the required amount to vaccinate the entire over-80 population. 

But it says the shortfall will be made up in a few weeks' time, and there will be a big ramp-up in vaccine delivery in April.

The HSE updated GPs of the problem in an email last night. 

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