Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 13 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 13 November 2020
- Last updated on: 16 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in November.
There has been a total of 1,972 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 12 November, the HPSC has been notified of 482 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 67,099* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 15 confirmed cases. The figure of 67,099 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 238 are men and 244 are women
- 61% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 128 in Dublin, 45 in Cork, 43 in Waterford, 36 in Limerick, 24 in Donegal, 24 in Meath and the remaining 182 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 258 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 35 are in ICU. There have been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"The increase in case numbers of COVID-19 today is an important reminder of the unpredictable nature of this highly infectious disease. The hard work undertaken by all of us over the last three weeks is to be commended, but we must not allow our success to date let us drop our guard against the spread of this disease.
"We need to hold firm to the public health advice: keep 2 metre distance, wash our hands, wear face coverings where appropriate and limit ourselves to essential contacts from our own household. If we can keep up high levels of compliance, we can get to where we need to be on the 1st December."
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
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Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 12 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 12/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 12/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 12/11/20) |
| Ireland | 482 | 129.2 | 6,154 |
| Donegal | 24 | 270.7 | 431 |
| Limerick | 36 | 196.5 | 383 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 161.1 | 104 |
| Meath | 24 | 152.8 | 298 |
| Westmeath | 13 | 151.0 | 134 |
| Louth | 17 | 149.0 | 192 |
| Sligo | 5 | 145.0 | 95 |
| Mayo | 15 | 144.8 | 189 |
| Waterford | 43 | 142.0 | 165 |
| Dublin | 128 | 138.2 | 1,862 |
| Laois | <5 | 131.1 | 111 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 129.0 | 128 |
| Monaghan | 13 | 128.7 | 79 |
| Kerry | 9 | 128.6 | 190 |
| Longford | 5 | 122.3 | 50 |
| Tipperary | 9 | 117.2 | 187 |
| Offaly | 16 | 110.3 | 86 |
| Cork | 45 | 109.1 | 592 |
| Cavan | 9 | 107.6 | 82 |
| Clare | 8 | 104.4 | 124 |
| Carlow | <5 | 103.6 | 59 |
| Galway | 15 | 86.8 | 224 |
| Kildare | 17 | 85.4 | 190 |
| Wicklow | 6 | 71.6 | 102 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 62.4 | 20 |
| Wexford | 6 | 51.4 | 77 |
Note:
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 66,617 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,808 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 589 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,713 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,118 |
| Number clusters notified | 7,955 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 34,374 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 31,328 |
| Female | 35,269 |
| Unknown | 20 |
| Total | 66,617 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,613 |
| 5 - 14 | 3,927 |
| 15 - 24 | 11,572 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,265 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,447 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,161 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,256 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,890 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,416 |
| 85+ | 3,038 |
| Unknown | 32 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 32.1 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 64.6 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.9 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but 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 close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 52 |
| 5 - 14 | 48 |
| 15 - 24 | 149 |
| 25 - 34 | 300 |
| 35 - 44 | 387 |
| 45 - 54 | 613 |
| 55 - 64 | 703 |
| 65 - 74 | 869 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,047 |
| 85+ | 638 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 578 | -1 |
| Cavan | 2,115 | +9 |
| Clare | 1,395 | +4 |
| Cork | 5,895 | +31 |
| Donegal | 2,514 | +27 |
| Dublin | 25,220 | +126 |
| Galway | 2,472 | +27 |
| Kerry | 1,243 | +5 |
| Kildare | 3,888 | +13 |
| Kilkenny | 862 | No change |
| Laois | 922 | +6 |
| Leitrim | 245 | +3 |
| Limerick | 2,344 | +27 |
| Longford | 608 | +3 |
| Louth | 1,836 | +24 |
| Mayo | 1,302 | +2 |
| Meath | 3,169 | +25 |
| Monaghan | 1,169 | +2 |
| Offaly | 1,089 | +9 |
| Roscommon | 853 | +6 |
| Sligo | 701 | +7 |
| Tipperary | 1,336 | +6 |
| Waterford | 838 | No change |
| Westmeath | 1,485 | +10 |
| Wexford | 1,142 | +1 |
| Wicklow | 1,396 | +8 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 11 November.