20 more people have died and 584 more cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening.
The latest figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre also show that 317 Covid patients are being treated in hospital - 67 in ICU.
In Waterford, 13 more cases have been reported this evening, bringing the county's five-day moving average to 8 cases per day.
The incidence rate for Waterford is now at almost 138 per 100,000 people.
160 patients have been diagnosed in the county in the last fortnight.
Below is today's full release from NPHET:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 20 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, 11 occurred in March, 3 in February and 6 in January.
The median age of those who died was 73 years. The age range was 57-91 years.
There has been a total of 4,651 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 25 March, the HPSC has been notified of 584 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 233,327* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 15 confirmed cases. The figure of 233,327 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 297 are men and 286 are women
- 72% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 34 years old
- 222 in Dublin, 44 in Kildare, 33 in Offaly, 31 in Meath, 29 in Westmeath and the remaining 225 cases are spread across 19 other counties
As of 8am today, 317 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU. There have been 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Latest update on vaccines
As of last Tuesday (23 March), there have been 709,348 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
- 515,800 people have received their first dose
- 193,548 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.
County-by-county cases
- the 7-day incidence rate is 85
- the 5-day moving average is 552
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 25/3/21) | 5 day moving average | 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population | New cases during last 14 days |
| Ireland | 584 | 552 | 158.1 | 7,530 |
| Offaly | 33 | 30 | 451.5 | 352 |
| Donegal | 26 | 37 | 262.6 | 418 |
| Dublin | 222 | 234 | 236.9 | 3,192 |
| Kildare | 44 | 35 | 227 | 505 |
| Meath | 31 | 31 | 217.4 | 424 |
| Longford | 7 | 4 | 185.9 | 76 |
| Westmeath | 29 | 14 | 174.6 | 155 |
| Tipperary | 15 | 20 | 173 | 276 |
| Roscommon | 10 | 5 | 154.9 | 100 |
| Louth | 19 | 19 | 152.1 | 196 |
| Wexford | 21 | 14 | 146.3 | 219 |
| Waterford | 13 | 8 | 137.7 | 160 |
| Galway | 24 | 20 | 130.6 | 337 |
| Laois | 15 | 11 | 129.9 | 110 |
| Carlow | <5 | 3 | 123 | 70 |
| Cavan | 10 | 7 | 112.9 | 86 |
| Limerick | 23 | 14 | 86.7 | 169 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 7 | 80 | 114 |
| Sligo | <5 | 2 | 79.3 | 52 |
| Mayo | 10 | 7 | 58.2 | 76 |
| Clare | 5 | 4 | 58.1 | 69 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 2 | 49.9 | 16 |
| Kilkenny | 5 | 4 | 46.4 | 46 |
| Cork | 16 | 16 | 42.2 | 229 |
| Kerry | 0 | 2 | 39.9 | 59 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 1 | 39.1 | 24 |
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