The youngest person to die was aged 60.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported that 47 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland.
The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 631 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country.
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 to 95 years.
There has now been a total of 4,499 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland, and 224,588 confirmed cases.
Of the cases notified today, 317 are men and 308 are women.
74% are under 45 years of age with the median age being 29 years old.
In terms of the country breakdown, 247 are in Dublin, 50 are in Kildare, 44 are in Meath, 41 are in Cork and 32 are in Limerick.
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.
There have been 31 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Sunday (7 March), there have been 525,768 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ireland.
375,521 people have received their first dose and 150,247 people have received their second dose.
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