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) |
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|
Ireland |
311 |
466 |
161.3 |
7683 |
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|
Longford |
<5 |
9 |
403.7 |
165 |
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|
Offaly |
10 |
15 |
330.9 |
258 |
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|
Westmeath |
9 |
9 |
243.3 |
216 |
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|
Dublin |
135 |
211 |
235.3 |
3170 |
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|
Meath |
12 |
27 |
212.8 |
415 |
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|
Limerick |
18 |
21 |
205.7 |
401 |
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|
Louth |
14 |
14 |
204.1 |
263 |
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|
Kildare |
29 |
24 |
171.2 |
381 |
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|
Laois |
<5 |
6 |
157 |
133 |
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|
Mayo |
10 |
12 |
150.9 |
197 |
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|
Carlow |
<5 |
4 |
149.3 |
85 |
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|
Donegal |
0 |
11 |
148.2 |
236 |
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|
Galway |
12 |
16 |
142.2 |
367 |
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|
Tipperary |
<5 |
13 |
134.8 |
215 |
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|
Clare |
<5 |
5 |
108.6 |
129 |
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|
Monaghan |
0 |
4 |
105.9 |
65 |
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|
Waterford |
8 |
6 |
97.3 |
113 |
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|
Roscommon |
<5 |
3 |
91.4 |
59 |
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|
Cavan |
0 |
3 |
90.6 |
69 |
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|
Wicklow |
<5 |
11 |
90.6 |
129 |
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|
Sligo |
0 |
4 |
74.8 |
49 |
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|
Wexford |
9 |
8 |
71.5 |
107 |
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|
Kerry |
<5 |
6 |
67 |
99 |
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|
Leitrim |
0 |
0 |
59.3 |
19 |
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|
Cork |
21 |
18 |
53.6 |
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