Two more people have died from Covid-19 in the Republic.
The Department of Health has confirmed that the patients were both male in the east of the country.
There have now been six coronavirus-related deaths here.
There's 219 new cases of the virus in the Republic, bringing the total number to 1,125.
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There are nine confirmed cases in Waterford.
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Saturday March 21st (836 cases), reveals:
- 55% are male and 44% are female, with 37 clusters involving 210 cases
- The median age of confirmed cases is 44 years
- 239 cases (29%) have been hospitalised
- Of those hospitalised, 25 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 208 cases (25%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 471, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 104 cases (12%)
- Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 45%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 31%
