Nine Covid-19 related deaths and 522 additional cases have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland today.
Four deaths occurred in March, three occurred in February and one in January.
The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 69-94 years.
There has been a total of 4,405 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday, March 4th, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified of 522 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
There is now a total of 222,169 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 275 are men/243 are women.
- 67 per cent are under 45 years of age.
- The median age is 33 years old.
- 280 are in Dublin, 28 in Meath, 28 in Kildare, 26 in Cork and 19 in Donegal and the remaining 141 cases are spread across 19 other counties.
As of 8am today, 426 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 102 are in ICU. 34 additional Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Irish hospitals in the past 24 hours.
As of March 2nd, 460,637 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Ireland:
- 316,056 people have received their first dose.
- 144,581 people have received their second dose.
