Six new cases of Covid-19 notified in Clare

THE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of six additional cases of Covid-19 in Clare and 18 additional deaths related to Covid-19 nationally. Of the deaths reported today, six occurred in March, seven in February and five in January. There has been a total of 4,628 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Tuesday, March 23, the HPSC has been notified of 683 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 232,164 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.*

Of the cases notified today:

• 324 are men / 359 are women
• 75% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 32 years old
• 308 in Dublin, 68 in Donegal, 49 in Kildare, 35 in Meath, 30 in Offaly and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 21 other counties**.

As of 8am today, 329 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 21, 680,015 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 495,824 people have received their first dose
• 184,191 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.