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Coronavirus: 311 New Cases; 30 Deaths Reported Today

Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:57

National news updates on Tuesday 9th March.

Latest Figures: 

 

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 30 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

12 deaths occurred in March, 13 in February, 4 in January and 1 is under investigation.

There has been a total of 4,452 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 8th March, the HPSC has been notified of 311 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 223,957* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

159 are men / 149 are women

64% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 34 years old

135 in Dublin, 29 in Kildare, 21 in Cork, 18 in Limerick, 14 in Louth and the remaining 94 cases are spread across 16 other counties** 

As of 8am today, 397 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 95 are in ICU. 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 6th, 523,069 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

373,149 people have received their first dose

149,920 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.

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 223,957 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 08Mar2021)

  

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

  

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 08Mar2021)

  

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 08Mar2021)

  

Ireland

  

311

  

466

  

161.3

  

7683

  

Longford

  

<5

  

9

  

403.7

  

165

  

Offaly

  

10

  

15

  

330.9

  

258

  

Westmeath

  

9

  

9

  

243.3

  

216

  

Dublin

  

135

  

211

  

235.3

  

3170

  

Meath

  

12

  

27

  

212.8

  

415

  

Limerick

  

18

  

21

  

205.7

  

401

  

Louth

  

14

  

14

  

204.1

  

263

  

Kildare

  

29

  

24

  

171.2

  

381

  

Laois

  

<5

  

6

  

157

  

133

  

Mayo

  

10

  

12

  

150.9

  

197

  

Carlow

  

<5

  

4

  

149.3

  

85

  

Donegal

  

0

  

11

  

148.2

  

236

  

Galway

  

12

  

16

  

142.2

  

367

  

Tipperary

  

<5

  

13

  

134.8

  

215

  

Clare

  

<5

  

5

  

108.6

  

129

  

Monaghan

  

0

  

4

  

105.9

  

65

  

Waterford

  

8

  

6

  

97.3

  

113

  

Roscommon

  

<5

  

3

  

91.4

  

59

  

Cavan

  

0

  

3

  

90.6

  

69

  

Wicklow

  

<5

  

11

  

90.6

  

129

  

Sligo

  

0

  

4

  

74.8

  

49

  

Wexford

  

9

  

8

  

71.5

  

107

  

Kerry

  

<5

  

6

  

67

  

99

  

Leitrim

  

0

  

0

  

59.3

  

19

  

Cork

  

21

  

18

  

53.6

  

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