10 more people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland, 507 new cases

There have been 43 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to Covid-19. Nine of the deaths occurred in March and one is under investigation. The median age of those who died was 75 years and the age range was 45 – 88 years. The HPSC has also been notified of an additional 507 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. As of 8am on Friday, 336 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 87 are in ICU. There have been 43 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. As of 16 March, 632,359 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Ireland:

• 463,500 people have received their first dose
• 168,859 people have received their second dose

On Thursday, the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) said it will recommend that restrictions on non-essential international travel remain in place until at least the end of June. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday evening, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn said: "I don't see our advice (in relation to international travel) changing in the short-term… up to the end of June."