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26th Mar 2021

20 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, 584 new cases

Alan Loughnane

Cases continue to hang above 500.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 20 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

Of the deaths reported today, 11 occurred in March, three in February and six in January.

The median ages of those who died was 73 years and the age range was 57-91 years.

The HPSC has been notified of 584 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

222 of the cases are in Dublin, 44 in Kildare, 33 in Offaly, 31 in Meath, 29 in Westmeath and the remaining 225 cases are spread across 19 other counties.

As of 8am today, 317 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU.

There have been 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 23 March, 709,348 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

  • 515,800 people have received their first dose.
  • 193,548 people have received their second dose.

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