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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

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

TheCOVID-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 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.

 

Today’s cases, 5-day moving average of new cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 08 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

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

291

Kilkenny

<5

3

52.4

52

~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 70.1
  • 5-day moving average 466