Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 1 May

From: Department of Health
Published on: 1 May 2020
Last updated on: 1 May 2020

Cases on Wednesday, 29 April
Notes to the Editor:
Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that a total of 34 people with COVID-19 have died.

There have now been a total of 1,265* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 11am Friday 1 May, the HPSC has been notified of 221 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 20,833 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Cases on Wednesday, 29 April

The data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Wednesday 29 April (20,510 cases), reveals:

58% are female and 42% are male
the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
2,768 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 367 cases have been admitted to ICU
5,840 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 10,170 (50% of all cases) followed by Kildare with 1,215 cases (6%) and then Cork with 1,154 cases (6%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 33%, travel abroad accounts for 3%

ENDS

Notes to the Editor:

Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 1,265 deaths reflects this.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	20,510
Total number hospitalised	2,768
Total number admitted to ICU	367
Total number of deaths	1,033
Total number of healthcare workers	5,840
Number clusters notified	646
Cases associated with clusters	6,619
Median age	49

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	11,841	57.7
Male	8,605	42
Unknown	64	0.3
Total	20,510

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	35	0.2
1 - 4	66	0.3
5 - 14	205	1
15 - 24	1,363	6.6
25 - 34	3,271	15.9
35 - 44	3,491	17
45 - 54	3,752	18.3
55 - 64	2,706	13.2
65+	5,596	27.3
Unknown	25	0.1

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	63%
Close contact with confirmed case	33%
Travel Abroad	3%

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

Note:

In the event that a person tests positive for COVID-19 and hasn't been abroad or had contact with another confirmed case in Ireland, that's known as community transmission.

In the event that a person who tests positive for COVID-19 can be linked to another confirmed case in Ireland, that's known as local transmission.

Hospitalised cases by age group

Age range	Number of cases	Percentage of total
<5	16	0.6
5 - 14	8	0.3
15 - 24	56	2
25 - 34	173	6.3
35 - 44	232	8.4
45 - 54	368	13.3
55 - 64	416	15
65+	1496	54
Unknown	3	0.1

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

Cases by county

Carlow	100	0.5%
Cavan	644	3.1%
Clare	236	1.2%
Cork	1154	5.6%
Donegal	458	2.2%
Dublin	10170	49.6%
Galway	355	1.7%
Kerry	293	1.4%
Kildare	1215	5.9%
Kilkenny	250	1.2%
Laois	224	1.1%
Leitrim	68	0.3%
Limerick	548	2.7%
Longford	149	0.7%
Louth	659	3.2%
Mayo	485	2.4%
Meath	681	3.3%
Monaghan	399	1.9%
Offaly	284	1.4%
Roscommon	151	0.7%
Sligo	116	0.6%
Tipperary	468	2.3%
Waterford	138	0.7%
Westmeath	487	2.4%
Wexford	179	0.9%
Wicklow	599	2.9%

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 29 April.

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