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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 14 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

9 deaths occurred in March, 1 occurred in February and 4 in January or earlier.

The median age of those who died was 80 years and the age range was 59-94 years.

There has been a total of 4,419 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Friday 5th March, the HPSC has been notified of 539 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 222,699* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 295 are men / 240 are women
  • 69% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 33 years old
  • 245 in Dublin, 42 in Meath, 29 in Kildare, 26 in Limerick, 24 in Cork and the remaining 173 cases are spread across 19 other counties**.

 

As of 8am today, 414 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 101 are in ICU. 22 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

 

As of March 3rd, 474,645 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

 

  • 328,598 people have received their first dose
  • 146,047 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.

 

ENDS//

 

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 9 confirmed cases. The figure of 222,699 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 05 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

 

County

Today's cases (to midnight 05Mar2021)**

5 day moving average (to midnight 05Mar2021)

14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (20Feb2021 to 05Mar2021)

New Cases during last 14 days (20Feb2021 to 05Mar2021)

Ireland

539

488

175.6

8,360

Longford

8

13

379.2

155

Offaly

6

11

339.9

265

Westmeath

14

16

270.4

240

Dublin

245

225

249.5

3,362

Louth

13

16

239

308

Limerick

26

16

227.8

444

Meath

42

29

210.7

411

Kildare

29

25

189.7

422

Laois

5

7

183

155

Donegal

0

9

172.1

274

Mayo

15

10

170.9

223

Galway

21

18

166.2

429

Carlow

7

4

158.1

90

Tipperary

20

10

151.7

242

Monaghan

<5

4

148.2

91

Clare

6

10

136.3

162

Cavan

7

5

130

99

Waterford

8

7

126.5

147

Roscommon

<5

3

106.9

69

Wicklow

8

8

86.4

123

Leitrim

0

1

81.1

26

Sligo

<5

3

74.8

49

Kilkenny

9

4

73.6

73

Wexford

14

7

68.1

102

Kerry

7

4

61.6

91

Cork

24

21

56.7

308

~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 78.4
  • 5-day moving average 488