THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 12 additional cases of Covid-19 in Clare with 13 additional deaths related to Covid-19. Of the deaths reported today, 12 occurred in March.* 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 March 27, the HPSC has been notified of 604 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 234,541 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
299 are men / 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. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 25, 2021, 760,168 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
548,945 people have received their first dose
211,223 people have received their second dose
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.