The health authorities have announced 14 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 539 new cases.
9 deaths occurred in March, 1 occurred in February and 4 in January or earlier.
Five of today’s cases are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate moves to 183 and from 211.3 yesterday.
The median age of those who died was 80 years and the age range was 59-94 years.
There has been a total of 4,419 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 295 are men / 240 are women
- 69% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 245 in Dublin, 42 in Meath, 29 in Kildare, 26 in Limerick, 24 in Cork and the remaining 173 cases are spread across 19 other counties.
As of 8am today, 414 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 101 are in ICU. 22 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 3rd, 474,645 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 328,598 people have received their first dose
- 146,047 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.
New Cases in Laois
- March 5 – 5
- March 4 – 10
- March 3 – 4
- March 2 – 11
- March 1 – 1
- February 28 – 12
- February 27 – 14
- February 26 – 15
- February 25 – 15
- February 24 – 9
- February 23 – 18
- February 22 – 10
- February 21 – 10
- February 20 – 13
- February 19 – 29
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- March 5 – 183
- March 4 – 211.3
- March 3 – 213.7
- March 2 – 231.4
- March 1 – 247.9
- February 28 – 265.7
- February 27 – 259.7
- February 26 – 264.5
- February 25 – 277.5
- February 24 – 278.6
- February 23 – 292.5
- February 22 – 295
- February 21 – 294
- February 20 – 297.5
- February 19 – 307
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
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- March 5 – 155
- March 4 – 179
- March 3 – 181
- March 2 – 196
- March 1 – 210
- February 28 – 225
- February 27 – 220
- February 26 – 224
- February 25 – 235
- February 24 – 236
- February 23 – 248
- February 22 – 250
- February 21 – 249
- February 20 – 252
- February 19 – 260
Anti-lockdown protest in Cork
An anti-lockdown protest ended without incident in Cork today.
A crowd of around 500 people gathered to protest against the lockdown restrictions which have been in place in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.
Gardai made six arrests for failure to comply with the direction of a Garda.
But the violence that occurred in Dublin last week was absent.
The protest concluded with a rendition of the Our Father prayer in Irish, followed by the National Anthem.
