The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of the deaths reported today, 12 occurred in March.
The median age of those who died was 77 years. The age range was 51-93.
There has been a total of 4,666 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight, Saturday 27th March, the HPSC has been notified of 604 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 234,541 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 299 are men / 298 are women
- 77% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 27 years old
- 224 in Dublin, 45 in Donegal, 36 in Kildare, 34 in Limerick, 26 in Tipperary and the remaining 239 cases are spread across 20 other counties**.
As of 8am today, 322 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 66 are in ICU. 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
