Six new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Co Clare, they are included in the national tally of 683.
Clare has a five day moving average of four and a 14 day incidence rate per 100k of the population of 54.7 which is the sixth lowest across the country. There are six new cases of the virus known in the county.
A total of 683 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported by NPHET. 308 are in Dublin, 68 in Donegal, 49 in Kildare, 35 in Meath, 30 in Offaly and the remaining 193 cases are spread across 21 other counties.
An additional 18 deaths related to the virus have been notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. Of the deaths reported today, 6 occurred in March, 7 in February and 5 in January. There has been a total of 4,628 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
Critical care numbers as of 8am stand at 76, they are included in the 329 persons currently hospitalised because of COVID-19, 18 of which were admitted in the past 24 hours.
As of March 21st 2021, 680,015 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland. 184,191 people have received both doses.
