ANOTHER 26 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Donegal this evening.
Nationally, there were 20 further Covid-19 deaths noticed to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
Another 584 cases of the coronavirus were announced today.
Since the outbreak, there have now been 4,651 deaths and 233,327 cases.
Donegal now has the second highest incidence rate in the country, behind only Offaly.
There have been 418 cases detected over the last 14 days in Donegal.
Of the cases notified today: 297 are men and 286 are women; 72 per cent are under 45 years of age; the median age is 34 years old; with 222 in Dublin, 44 in Kildare, 33 in Offaly, 31 in Meath, 29 in Westmeath and the remaining 225 cases are spread across 19 other counties.
As of 8am today, 317 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 67 are in ICU. There have been 25 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
As of last Tuesday (23 March), there have been 709,348 doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered in Ireland: 515,800 people have received their first dose; 193,548 people have received their second dose.
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