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THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening.
When the number of cases is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on gov.ie.
There were three additional deaths and 606 more cases reported nationally. Of the deaths reported today, two occurred in March and one in February.
The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is 46 per 100,000 people. There have been 68 cases reported in the same period and the rolling five day average of cases is 3.
Kerry is the county with the third lowest incidence of cases in the past 14 days (after Kilkenny and Cork). The national incidence rate over the past 14 days is 159.5.
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249 are in Dublin, 57 in Donegal, 39 in Kildare, 32 in Meath, 31 in Louth and the remaining 198 cases are spread across 21 other counties
There have now been 232,758 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 4,631 people who died with the virus since the start of the pandemic.
As of 8am today, 312 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 75 are in ICU. There have been 24 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Monday (22 March), there have been 690,449 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Ireland:
• 503,796 people have received their first dose
• 186,653 people have received their second dose
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said: “The vast majority of people are making a huge sacrifice and missing time with loved ones in order for us to stay on course with the public health guidance.
“However, we know that in the week ending March 14th, approximately one-in-ten people visited another household for social reasons, with most of these visits involving time spent indoors. While this clearly demonstrates that the vast majority of people are sticking with the public health guidance, it does represent a significant change versus January when just one in 20 people were visiting other homes for social reasons. Please continue to stick with the public heath advice and avoid visiting other homes at this time – do not give this virus the opportunities it is seeking to spread.”
