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29th Mar 2021

539 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland, one more death

Alan Loughnane

As of 26 March, 786,569 doses of Covid-19 vaccine has been administered.

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

The HPSC has been notified of 539 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

262 of the cases are  in Dublin, 32 in Kildare, 30 in Westmeath, 26 in Galway, 21 in Meath, 21 in Offaly and the remaining 147 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

As of 8am today, 331 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 70 are in ICU.

There have been 19 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of 26 March, 786,569 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland.

  • 567,023 people have received their first dose.
  • 219,546 people have received their second dose.

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