There have been 47 further Coronavirus-related deaths and 631 new cases according to the figures released by the health authorities this evening.
14 of these deaths occurred in March, 18 occurred in February and 15 occurred in January.
The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 60 – 95 years.
Just three of the new cases are in Laois meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 people is now at 135.8 from 157 yesterday.
Of the cases notified today:
- 317 are men / 308 are women
- 74% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 29 years old
- 247 in Dublin, 50 in Kildare, 44 in Meath, 41 in Cork, 32 in Limerick and the remaining 217 cases are spread across 20 other counties.
As of 8am today, 370 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 92 are in ICU. 31 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 07, 525,768 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 375,521 people have received their first dose
- 150,247 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 9 – 3
- March 8 – 1
- March 7 – 5
- March 6 – 8
- 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
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- March 9 – 135.8
- March 8 – 157
- March 7 – 168.8
- March 6 – 177.1
- 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
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
- March 9 – 115
- March 8 – 133
- March 7 – 143
- March 6 – 150
- 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
No outbreaks reported in schools
No Covid-19 outbreaks were reported in schools last week, following the return of around 32,000 pupils on 1 March.
This included more than 260,000 junior primary school children, as well as 60,000 Leaving Certificate students.
An outbreak or a cluster is where there has been two or more linked cases of laboratory confirmed Covid-19, or where there has been one case of the virus and at least one additional case of illness with symptoms consistent with Covid-19, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
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