Nearly 500,000 people have received their first Covid-19 jab.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has reported that 18 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland.
The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 683 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country.
Of the deaths reported today, six occurred in March, seven in February and five in January.
There has now been a total of 4,628 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland, and 232,164 confirmed cases.
Of the cases notified today, 324 are men and 359 are women
75% are under 45 years of age with the median age being 32 years old.
308 of the cases are in Dublin, 68 are in Donegal, 49 are in Kildare, 35 are in Meath, 30 are in Offaly and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 21 other counties.
As of 8am today, 329 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU.
There have been 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Sunday, 21 March, there have been 680,015 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ireland.
495,824 people have received their first dose and 184,191 people have received their second dose.
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