COVID 19

371 new cases of COVID-19, 24 deaths

371 new cases of COVID-19, 24 deaths

There have been 371 new cases of COVID-19, the Department of Health has confirmed this evening.

151 of these were in Dublin, with two counties in the South-East recording less than five cases each.

Wexford and Kilkenny have neither had more than the minimum number to feature in the county-by-county list, while Carlow has had six cases.

Waterford and Tipperary have both had eight cases each.

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Of the 24 deaths today 12 deaths occurred in March, 10 in February and 2 in January.

As of March 20th 2021, 675,946 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland - 492,106 people have received their first dose and 183,840 people have received their second dose.

While as of 8am today, 357 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU.

There have been 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. 

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