Eight Additional COVID-19 Cases In Kerry, 582 More Reported Nationally This Evening

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THERE were eight new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening.

There were no additional deaths and 582 more cases reported nationally.

The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is 58.2 per 100,000 people. There have been 86 cases reported in the same period and the rolling five day average of cases is 5.

Kerry is the county with the fifth lowest incidence of cases in the past 14 days (after Clare, Cork, Kilkenny and Leitrim). The national incidence rate over the past 14 days is 150.8.

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262 in Dublin, 41 in Galway, 34 in Meath, 24 in Kildare, 23 in Waterford and the remaining 198 cases are spread across 20 other counties.

There have now been 228,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 4,566 people who died with the virus since the start of the pandemic.

As of 8am today, 345 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 83 are in ICU. There has been 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 15, 620,580 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 455,182 people have received their first dose
• 165,398 people have received their second dose

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