Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 17 March

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

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

The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 51 – 94 years.

There has been a total of 4,566* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 4,566 deaths reflects this.)

As of midnight Tuesday 16 March, the HPSC has been notified of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 228,215* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 227,663 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 262 are men and 291 are women
• 74% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 29 years old
• 229 in Dublin, 58 in Kildare, 34 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 24 in Tipperary and the remaining 181 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 8am today, 350 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. There have been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of last Sunday (14 March), there have been 617,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:

• 452,554 people have received their first dose
• 164,496 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 76.5
• the 5-day moving average is 481