Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 20 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 20 November 2020
- Last updated on: 20 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,018 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 19 November, the HPSC has been notified of 330 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 69,802* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 69,802 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 171 are men and 155 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 99 in Dublin, 28 in Cork, 26 in Louth, 25 in Meath, 21 in Donegal and the remaining 131 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 19/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 19/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 19/11/20) |
| Ireland | 330 | 113.1 | 5,384 |
| Donegal | 21 | 266.3 | 424 |
| Limerick | 14 | 217.0 | 423 |
| Louth | 26 | 186.2 | 240 |
| Waterford | 9 | 161.0 | 187 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 159.6 | 103 |
| Offaly | <5 | 137.2 | 107 |
| Meath | 25 | 129.2 | 252 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 128.4 | 114 |
| Dublin | 99 | 119.0 | 1,604 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 111.9 | 111 |
| Longford | 5 | 105.2 | 43 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 102.6 | 63 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 99.7 | 159 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 96.7 | 31 |
| Mayo | 15 | 95.8 | 125 |
| Carlow | <5 | 93.1 | 53 |
| Cavan | <5 | 91.9 | 70 |
| Clare | 6 | 91.7 | 109 |
| Sligo | 8 | 85.5 | 56 |
| Kildare | 8 | 84.9 | 189 |
| Laois | <5 | 83.8 | 71 |
| Kerry | 5 | 83.3 | 123 |
| Cork | 28 | 73.1 | 397 |
| Wicklow | 18 | 67.4 | 96 |
| Galway | 6 | 66.3 | 171 |
| Wexford | 7 | 42.1 | 63 |
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 | 69,472 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,003 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 604 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,759 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,565 |
| Number clusters notified | 8,708 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 37,127 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 32,643 |
| Female | 36,805 |
| Unknown | 24 |
| Total | 69,472 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,752 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,223 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,088 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,735 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,903 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,559 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,507 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,023 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,533 |
| 85+ | 3,117 |
| Unknown | 32 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 31.1 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.2 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.3 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 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 | 55 |
| 5 - 14 | 49 |
| 15 - 24 | 161 |
| 25 - 34 | 309 |
| 35 - 44 | 398 |
| 45 - 54 | 636 |
| 55 - 64 | 725 |
| 65 - 74 | 896 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,101 |
| 85+ | 671 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 610 | +9 |
| Cavan | 2,157 | +7 |
| Clare | 1,458 | +5 |
| Cork | 6,130 | +43 |
| Donegal | 2,704 | +26 |
| Dublin | 26,064 | +170 |
| Galway | 2,574 | +4 |
| Kerry | 1,291 | +3 |
| Kildare | 4,003 | +23 |
| Kilkenny | 918 | +9 |
| Laois | 940 | +3 |
| Leitrim | 264 | +2 |
| Limerick | 2,581 | +15 |
| Longford | 622 | No change |
| Louth | 1,961 | +21 |
| Mayo | 1,360 | +8 |
| Meath | 3,311 | +21 |
| Monaghan | 1,200 | +7 |
| Offaly | 1,142 | +6 |
| Roscommon | 918 | +6 |
| Sligo | 716 | +2 |
| Tipperary | 1,427 | +12 |
| Waterford | 970 | +7 |
| Westmeath | 1,534 | +4 |
| Wexford | 1,176 | +8 |
| Wicklow | 1,441 | +7 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 18 November.