Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 16 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
3 deaths occurred in March, 12 in February, 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 88 years and the age range was 59 – 96 years.
There has been a total of 4,534 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Friday 12th March, the HPSC has been notified of 543 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 226,358* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 269 are men / 271 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 235 in Dublin, 50 in Kildare, 39 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 28 in Galway and the remaining 160 cases are spread across 20 other counties**
As of 8am today, 340 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 85 are in ICU. 15 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 10th, 570,391 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 409,662 people have received their first dose
- 160,729 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 226,258 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 12 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 12Mar2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 12Mar2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (27Feb2021 to 12Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (27Feb2021 to 12Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 543 | 545 | 155.3 | 7,397 |
| Longford | <5 | 11 | 437.9 | 179 |
| Offaly | 21 | 23 | 351.5 | 274 |
| Dublin | 235 | 223 | 234.4 | 3,158 |
| Meath | 31 | 33 | 211.2 | 412 |
| Kildare | 50 | 52 | 209.9 | 467 |
| Westmeath | 7 | 8 | 192.6 | 171 |
| Louth | 10 | 14 | 183.9 | 237 |
| Limerick | 15 | 23 | 165.7 | 323 |
| Donegal | 39 | 23 | 145.1 | 231 |
| Mayo | 12 | 10 | 128 | 167 |
| Galway | 28 | 24 | 121.7 | 314 |
| Roscommon | 11 | 7 | 117.7 | 76 |
| Tipperary | 12 | 10 | 115.3 | 184 |
| Carlow | <5 | 4 | 110.7 | 63 |
| Laois | <5 | 4 | 103.9 | 88 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 8 | 96.2 | 137 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 4 | 94.5 | 58 |
| Waterford | 5 | 10 | 89.5 | 104 |
| Clare | <5 | 4 | 87.5 | 104 |
| Sligo | 5 | 4 | 77.8 | 51 |
| Cavan | <5 | 3 | 72.2 | 55 |
| Wexford | 14 | 9 | 72.1 | 108 |
| Kerry | 11 | 6 | 59.6 | 88 |
| Cork | 17 | 23 | 52.9 | 287 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 1 | 46.8 | 15 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3 | 46.4 | 46 |
~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 77.3
- 5-day moving average 545
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