
National News March 7th 2021.
Figures:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
1 death occurred in March and 1 in January*.
There has been a total of 4,422 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Saturday 6th March, the HPSC has been notified of 525 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 223,219** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
271 are men / 254 are women
74% are under 45 years of age
The median age is 31 years old
214 in Dublin, 37 in Meath, 28 in Offaly, 28 in Limerick and 25 in Wicklow and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 19 other counties***.
As of 8am today, 423 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 103 are in ICU. 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of March 4th, 493,873 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland
346,256 people have received their first dose
147,617 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.
County |
Today's cases*** (to midnight 06Mar2021) |
5-Day Moving Average of New Cases |
14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population (to 06Mar2021) |
New Cases during last 14 days (to 06Mar2021) |
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Ireland |
525 |
520 |
172.3 |
8,203 |
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Longford |
6 |
12 |
381.7 |
156 |
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Offaly |
28 |
15 |
342.5 |
267 |
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Westmeath |
6 |
13 |
264.7 |
235 |
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Dublin |
214 |
235 |
248.4 |
3,347 |
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Louth |
20 |
16 |
239 |
308 |
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Meath |
37 |
33 |
222.5 |
434 |
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Limerick |
28 |
20 |
215 |
419 |
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Kildare |
19 |
27 |
177.5 |
395 |
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Laois |
8 |
8 |
177.1 |
150 |
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Donegal |
13 |
10 |
160.8 |
256 |
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Mayo |
12 |
11 |
159.4 |
208 |
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Carlow |
9 |
5 |
158.1 |
90 |
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Galway |
18 |
17 |
153.5 |
396 |
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Tipperary |
18 |
13 |
142.3 |
227 |
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Monaghan |
<5 |
4 |
132 |
81 |
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Clare |
5 |
9 |
126.2 |
150 |
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Waterford |
8 |
7 |
113.6 |
132 |
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Roscommon |
<5 |
4 |
113.1 |
73 |
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Cavan |
0 |
4 |
110.3 |
84 |
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Wicklow |
25 |
11 |
98.3 |
140 |
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Leitrim |
0 |
1 |
81.1 |
26 |
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Sligo |
<5 |
3 |
76.3 |
50 |
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Wexford |
14 |
8 |
74.8 |
112 |
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Kerry |
12 |
6 |
65 |
96 |
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Kilkenny |
<5 |
5 |
61.5 |
61 |
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Cork |
14 |
21 |
57.1 |
310 |
~The 5-day moving average of the number of new cases provides an appropriate indicator of current daily case numbers within a county. It takes account of any validation of cases for previous days and smooths out daily/weekend fluctuations in case numbers.
- 7-day incidence 76.6
- 5-day moving average 520
Hospitals:
There's been a slight increase in the number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in the last 24 hours.
Latest figures show 423 people with the virus being treated.
There are 103 patients in intensive care units - with 5 admissions since yesterday.
Quarantine:
The President's signed into law the legislation to bring in mandatory hotel quarantine.
It means people arriving into the country from 33 states will have to quarantine in a designated facility for two weeks.
Under the new legislation, anyone who doesn't adhere to the rules will be fined 4,000 euro and face a possible month in prison.
Older people:
The Government needs to start planning a post-pandemic plan for older people now according to a charity.
ALONE says the most vulnerable will need support to re-emerge into their communities after being in and out of lockdowns for almost a year.
It's asking Ministers to begin planning now, for what happens when the vaccination programme is finished.
CEO Sean Moynihan says cocooners will have a whole host of issues they'll need help with:
Vaccine:
Around 30 GP surgeries where patients over 85 are still waiting to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will hold clinics for them early next week.
That's according to the Irish Medical Organisation, which says there's now 98pc coverage in that age group.
539 more people have tested positive for the virus, and 14 more patients are now known to have died.
The HSE is planning to give 84,000 more injections in the week ahead.
Co Donegal GP Dr Denis McAuley says he has yet to hear of any patient not taking up the offer of a vaccine against the deadly virus.
The HSE says GPs may not receive their full orders of Covid-19 vaccines in the coming weeks, due to a new shortage of supply.
It says the number of doses available is slightly less than previously advised, due to an issue with the delivery of Moderna jabs.
The HSE says the available supply is about 15 per cent less than the required amount to vaccinate the entire over-80 population.
But it says the shortfall will be made up in a few weeks' time, and there will be a big ramp-up in vaccine delivery in April.
The HSE updated GPs of the problem in an email last night.