BREAKING: Covid numbers for Limerick revealed as over 600 new cases are reported nationwide

THERE are eight new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Limerick.

As of midnight, Friday, the HPSC has been notified of 624 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country.

Sadly, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to Covid-19.

The deaths reported today occurred in March.

There has been a total of 4,653 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

309 are men / 313 are women

75% are under 45 years of age

The median age is 32 years old

308 in Dublin, 41 in Kildare, 38 in Donegal, 31 in Meath, 29 in Offaly and the remaining 177 cases are spread across 18 other counties including Limerick.

As of 8am today, 304 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 64 are in ICU. 21 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 24th 2021, 732,678 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

529,984 people have received their first dose

202,694 people have received their second dose

The Covid-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of Covid-19 in the community including daily data on Ireland’s Covid-19 Vaccination Programme.