Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 7 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 7 December 2020
- Last updated on: 8 December 2020
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 2,099 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 6 December, the HPSC has been notified of 242 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 74,468* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 20 confirmed cases. The figure of 74,468 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 113 are men and 129 are women
- 63% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 76 in Dublin, 27 in Donegal, 22 in Kilkenny, 16 in Galway, 14 in Louth and the remaining 87 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 2pm today, 223 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 6 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 6/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 6/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 6/12/20) |
| Ireland | 242 | 80.4 | 3,830 |
| Donegal | 27 | 232.4 | 370 |
| Kilkenny | 22 | 172.3 | 171 |
| Louth | 14 | 156.7 | 202 |
| Limerick | 8 | 139 | 271 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 120.5 | 74 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 118 | 168 |
| Carlow | 5 | 117.7 | 67 |
| Dublin | 76 | 94.2 | 1,269 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 90.9 | 145 |
| Longford | <5 | 88.1 | 36 |
| Mayo | 9 | 73.6 | 96 |
| Waterford | 13 | 73.2 | 85 |
| Offaly | 7 | 65.4 | 51 |
| Cavan | <5 | 61.7 | 47 |
| Laois | <5 | 55.5 | 47 |
| Galway | 16 | 55 | 142 |
| Kildare | 9 | 49.9 | 111 |
| Meath | <5 | 49.7 | 97 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 43.4 | 28 |
| Clare | <5 | 35.3 | 42 |
| Cork | 10 | 35 | 190 |
| Sligo | <5 | 30.5 | 20 |
| Kerry | 0 | 29.1 | 43 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 25.9 | 23 |
| Wexford | <5 | 20 | 30 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 15.6 | 5 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 74,226 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,332 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 630 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,840 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,264 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,746 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 40,863 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 34,986 |
| Female | 39,207 |
| Unknown | 33 |
| Total | 74,226 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,959 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,814 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,948 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,463 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,630 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,194 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,912 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,265 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,744 |
| 85+ | 3,269 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.2 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.3 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.
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 | 58 |
| 5 - 14 | 51 |
| 15 - 24 | 171 |
| 25 - 34 | 333 |
| 35 - 44 | 422 |
| 45 - 54 | 668 |
| 55 - 64 | 763 |
| 65 - 74 | 957 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,183 |
| 85+ | 724 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 673 | +8 |
| Cavan | 2,212 | +3 |
| Clare | 1,514 | +5 |
| Cork | 6,453 | +15 |
| Donegal | 3,125 | +31 |
| Dublin | 27,666 | +119 |
| Galway | 2,722 | +10 |
| Kerry | 1,348 | +3 |
| Kildare | 4,144 | +11 |
| Kilkenny | 1,103 | +13 |
| Laois | 1,007 | +2 |
| Leitrim | 269 | +1 |
| Limerick | 2,902 | +11 |
| Longford | 669 | +4 |
| Louth | 2,229 | +10 |
| Mayo | 1,489 | +2 |
| Meath | 3,445 | No change |
| Monaghan | 1,296 | +6 |
| Offaly | 1,193 | +6 |
| Roscommon | 958 | +1 |
| Sligo | 753 | No change |
| Tipperary | 1,577 | +7 |
| Waterford | 1,064 | +1 |
| Westmeath | 1,558 | No change |
| Wexford | 1,216 | +2 |
| Wicklow | 1,641 | +10 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 5 December.