THERE were six new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening.

There were 14 additional deaths and 368 more cases reported nationally. Twelve deaths occurred in March, one in February and one in January. The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 68 – 97 years.

The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is 32.5 per 100,000 people. There have been 48 cases reported in the same period and the rolling five day average of cases is 2.

Kerry is still the county with the lowest incidence of cases in the past 14 days. The national incidence rate over the past 14 days is 164.1.

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127 in Dublin, 34 in Kildare, 26 in Meath, 21 in Limerick, 19 in Offaly and the remaining 141 cases are spread across 18 other counties.

There have now been 235,444 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland and 4,681 people who died with the virus since the start of the pandemic.

As of 8am today, 310 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU. 29 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

As of March 27th 2021, 802,502 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 577,641 people have received their first dose
• 224,861 people have received their second dose