Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
There have been no deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 4,566 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Wednesday 17th March, the HPSC has been notified of 582 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 228,796* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 290 are men / 291 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 32 years old
- 156 in Dublin, 23 in Meath, 19 in Donegal, 15 in Louth, 14 in Kildare and the remaining 198 cases are spread across 20 other counties. **
As of 8am today, 345 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 15, 620,580 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 455,182 people have received their first dose
- 165,398 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 1 confirmed case. The figure of 228,796 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 17 March 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 17Mar2021) | 5 day moving average (to midnight 17Mar2021) | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (04Mar2021 to 17Mar2021) | New Cases during last 14 days (04Mar2021 to 17Mar2021) |
| Ireland | 582 | 489 | 150.8 | 7179 |
| Offaly | 19 | 17 | 350.2 | 273 |
| Longford | <5 | 3 | 283.8 | 116 |
| Kildare | 24 | 35 | 238.2 | 530 |
| Dublin | 262 | 205 | 227 | 3059 |
| Meath | 34 | 28 | 220.5 | 430 |
| Donegal | 8 | 18 | 164.6 | 262 |
| Carlow | 9 | 9 | 149.3 | 85 |
| Louth | 17 | 13 | 147.4 | 190 |
| Westmeath | 12 | 12 | 143.1 | 127 |
| Tipperary | 14 | 19 | 130.4 | 208 |
| Limerick | 22 | 11 | 129.8 | 253 |
| Galway | 41 | 27 | 124.4 | 321 |
| Roscommon | 10 | 6 | 119.3 | 77 |
| Waterford | 23 | 12 | 113.6 | 132 |
| Wexford | 19 | 14 | 98.8 | 148 |
| Wicklow | 13 | 10 | 98.3 | 140 |
| Sligo | <5 | 4 | 91.6 | 60 |
| Mayo | <5 | 3 | 89.7 | 117 |
| Cavan | 10 | 7 | 89.3 | 68 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 3 | 84.7 | 52 |
| Laois | 5 | 4 | 76.7 | 65 |
| Kerry | 8 | 5 | 58.2 | 86 |
| Clare | 7 | 5 | 54.7 | 65 |
| Cork | 13 | 16 | 48.3 | 262 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 3 | 42.3 | 42 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 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 76.3
- 5-day moving average 489
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