There have been 43 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to Covid-19.
Nine of the deaths occurred in March and one is under investigation.
The median age of those who died was 75 years and the age range was 45 – 88 years.
The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 507 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
As of 8am on Friday, 336 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU.
There have been 43 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of 16 March, 632,359 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:
- 463,500 people have received their first dose
- 168,859 people have received their second dose
On Thursday, the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) said it will recommend that restrictions on non-essential international travel remain in place until at least the end of June.
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday evening, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn said: “I don’t see our advice (in relation to international travel) changing in the short-term… up to the end of June.”
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