The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
4 deaths occurred in March, 1 in February, 1 in January and 4 are under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 67 years and the age range was 41 - 83 years.
There has been a total of 4,518* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Thursday 11th March, the HPSC has been notified of 646 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 225,820** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 311 are men / 332 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 30 years old
- 243 in Dublin, 80 in Kildare, 45 in Meath, 35 in Galway, 34 in Offaly and the remaining 209 cases are spread across 20 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 344 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU. 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 9th, 553,161 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 396,089 people have received their first dose
- 157,072 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.
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*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 4,518 confirmed cases reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 225,820 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 11 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
County | Today's cases** (to midnight 11Mar2021) | 5-Day Moving Average of New Cases | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 11Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (to 11Mar2021) |
Ireland | 646 | 523 | 159.3 | 7,588 |
Longford | 15 | 13 | 464.9 | 190 |
Offaly | 34 | 23 | 370.7 | 289 |
Dublin | 243 | 213 | 240 | 3,234 |
Meath | 45 | 30 | 208.7 | 407 |
Kildare | 80 | 46 | 197.7 | 440 |
Westmeath | 12 | 8 | 194.9 | 173 |
Limerick | 31 | 26 | 184.2 | 359 |
Louth | 19 | 14 | 181.6 | 234 |
Donegal | 19 | 20 | 141.3 | 225 |
Mayo | 14 | 10 | 134.9 | 176 |
Carlow | <5 | 4 | 124.7 | 71 |
Galway | 35 | 23 | 123.2 | 318 |
Laois | <5 | 4 | 118.1 | 100 |
Tipperary | 7 | 10 | 115.3 | 184 |
Roscommon | 9 | 5 | 113.1 | 73 |
Monaghan | 8 | 5 | 107.5 | 66 |
Wicklow | 15 | 10 | 99.7 | 142 |
Waterford | 7 | 10 | 95.5 | 111 |
Clare | 6 | 4 | 93.4 | 111 |
Wexford | 8 | 7 | 78.1 | 117 |
Cavan | <5 | 3 | 77.5 | 59 |
Sligo | <5 | 5 | 76.3 | 50 |
Kerry | 7 | 5 | 65 | 96 |
Cork | 20 | 20 | 55.8 | 303 |
Kilkenny | 0 | 2 | 46.4 | 46 |
Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 43.7 | 14 |
~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 77.2
- 5-day moving average 523