Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 28 March

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 12 occurred in March. There is 1 death where the date of death is under investigation.

The median age of those who died was 77 years. The age range was 51-93.

There has been a total of 4,666 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 27 March, the HPSC has been notified of 604 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 234,541 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 299 are men and 298 are women
• 77% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 27 years old
• 224 in Dublin, 45 in Donegal, 36 in Kildare, 34 in Limerick, 26 in Tipperary and the remaining 239 cases are spread across 20 other counties

As of 8am today, 322 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 66 are in ICU. There have been 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Thursday (25 March), there have been 760,168 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 548,945 people have received their first dose
• 211,223 people have received their second dose

The COVID-19 data hub 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.

• the 7-day incidence rate is 83.8
• the 5-day moving average is 620