Clare records fewer than five additional Covid-19 cases, 761 additional cases confirmed nationally

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of fewer than five additional cases of COVID-19 in Clare and 18 additional deaths related to COVID-19 nationally. Of the deaths reported today 11 occurred in March and 7 occurred in February.  The median age of those who died was 81 years and the age range was 59 – 95 years. There has been a total of 4,705 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Wednesday, March 31, the HPSC has been notified of 761 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 236,600* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 383 are men / 373 are women
• 72% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 33 years old
• 372 in Dublin, 55 in Meath, 43 in Cork, 40 in Kildare, 38 in Offaly and the remaining 213 cases are spread across 19 other counties**.

As of 8am today, 274 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 63 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 29, 2021, 819,676 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 590,688 people have received their first dose
• 228,988 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.