24 additional COVID-19 related deaths; 371 cases but none in Kerry

24 additional deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.

12 deaths occurred in March, 10 in February and 2 in January.

The median age of those who died was 82 years and the age range was 49 - 100 years.

There has been a total of 4,610 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight, Monday 22^nd March, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 371 confirmed cases of COVID-19; none of the cases are in Kerry.

There is now a total of 231,484 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 183 are men / 187 are women
• 75% are under 45 years of age
• The median age is 30 years old
• 151 in Dublin, 31 in Offaly, 27 in Donegal, 25 in Galway, 21 in Meath and the remaining 116 cases are spread across 16 other counties/

As of 8am today, 357 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 20^th 2021, 675,946 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 492,106 people have received their first dose
• 183,840 people have received their second dose