The health authorities have announced nine further Coronavirus-related deaths and 522 new cases.
4 deaths occurred in March, 3 occurred in February and 1 in January.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 69-94 years.
10 of today’s cases are in Laois, meaning the county’s 14-day incidence rate moves to 211.3 and from 213.7 yesterday.
Of the cases notified today:
- 275 are men / 243 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 33 years old
- 280 in Dublin, 28 in Meath, 28 in Kildare, 26 in Cork and 19 in Donegal and the remaining 141 cases are spread across 19 other counties.
As of 8am today, 426 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 102 are in ICU. 34 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 2nd, 460,637 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 316,056 people have received their first dose
- 144,581 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 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
- February 18 – 13
14-day case rate in Laois per 100,000 population
- 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
- February 18 – 299.9
New cases in Laois during past 14 days
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- 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
- February 18 – 254
Russian vaccine update
Professor Luke O’Neill believes that Ireland will be ‘awash’ with vaccine by the summer.
The Trinity College immunologist was speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk where he says that Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will be approved soon.
Studies have shown that Sputnik V produces antibodies and immune cells that may help protect against COVID-19.
EMA officials say they’ll now evaluate data about the vaccine as it becomes available to “decide if the benefits outweigh the risks”.
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