Coronavirus Ireland: eight further deaths and 591 new cases confirmed

There have been eight further deaths of people with Covid-19 and 591 new cases of the virus confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) this evening.

There have been eight further deaths of people with Covid-19 and 591 new cases of the virus confirmed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) this evening.

Four of these deaths occurred in March and four in February.

The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 - 94 years.

There have now been 4,713 deaths in the State of people with Covid-19, while the total case count has risen to 237,187.

There have been 288 new cases confirmed in Dublin, 40 in Kildare, 30 in Meath, 28 in Westmeath, 27 in Laois and the remaining 178 cases are spread across 19 other counties.

Roscommon and Leitrim recorded no new cases, while 15 of the Republic’s 26 counties reported less than 10 cases in the last 24-hour reporting period.

As of 2pm today, there are 264 Covid-19 patients in Irish hospitals, of which 62 are in intensive care. 18 people have been admitted to hospitals with Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

Over 600,000 people have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, latest HSE figures show.

Of the 840,561 doses administered in the State as of Tuesday, March 30, 603,802 were first doses while 236,759 people are now fully vaccinated.

Yesterday in the Dáil, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed the Government would have to downgrade their vaccination target for April to “slightly under one million” due to a dip in projected deliveries.

Government have said over a million doses will be administered by next Wednesday, April 7.

Gardaí and public health officials have issued pleas to the public not to congregate this Bank Holiday weekend as case numbers have started to increase slightly in recent weeks.

The national 14-day incidence rate has risen to 166.6 per 100,000 people.

Of the cases notified today; 292 are men and 295 are women; 72pc are under 45 years of age and the median age is 31 years old.

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