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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 18 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

17 deaths occurred in March, and 1 in February.

The median age of those who died was 78 years and the age range was 55 – 102 years.

There has been a total of 4,552 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 15th March, the HPSC has been notified of 349 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 227,663* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 172 are men / 177 are women
  • 70% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 33 years old
  • 156 in Dublin, 23 in Meath, 19 in Donegal, 15 in Louth, 14 in Kildare and the remaining 122 cases are spread across all other counties. **

 

As of 8am today, 355 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 88 are in ICU. 36 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of March 13th, 615,934 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 451,589 people have received their first dose
  • 164,345 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 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 227,663 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 15 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

Today's cases**

(to midnight 15Mar2021)

5-Day Moving Average of New Cases

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(to 15Mar2021)

New Cases during last 14 days

(to 15Mar2021)

Ireland

349

499

148.1

7,052

Offaly

<5

21

347.6

271

Longford

<5

5

345

141

Kildare

14

45

227

505

Dublin

156

202

223.3

3,008

Meath

23

31

215.3

420

Louth

15

13

155.2

200

Donegal

19

21

152

242

Westmeath

11

11

147.6

131

Limerick

5

13

133.4

260

Carlow

<5

7

130

74

Tipperary

7

15

117.2

187

Galway

14

27

113.2

292

Roscommon

<5

7

105.4

68

Waterford

8

9

103.3

120

Mayo

<5

7

102.7

134

Wicklow

14

10

99.7

142

Wexford

11

12

86.8

130

Laois

<5

3

86.2

73

Monaghan

<5

3

83.1

51

Sligo

<5

3

80.9

53

Clare

<5

5

69.9

83

Cavan

7

3

67

51

Kerry

5

5

53.5

79

Cork

14

19

51.8

281

Kilkenny

<5

2

45.3

45

Leitrim

<5

1

34.3

11

 

~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 is 78.1
  • 5-day moving average is 499