Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 12 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 12 December 2020
- Last updated on: 13 December 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,123 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 11 December, the HPSC has been notified of 248 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 75,756* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the reclassification of 1 probable case to confirmed. The figure of 75,756 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 124 are men and 122 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 33 years old
- 99 in Dublin, 21 in Louth, 16 in Limerick,15 in Meath, 13 in Cavan and the remaining 83 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today 185 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 10 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Ireland currently has the lowest incidence in Europe and has protected against the significant mortality and severe illness that many European countries, as well as the United States, have experienced.
"Our younger generation led the way, with the incidence in the 19-24 year age group reduced from 432 per 100,000 population to 41 per 100,000 population. This is an enormous achievement.
"We all need to recognise how well our younger generation has reduced their contacts and helped to protect the whole population. We all now need to follow this example in the weeks ahead.
"We can do this by planning from now for Christmas to reduce our social contacts and limit our activities to those that are essential and most important to us."
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 11 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 11/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 11/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 11/12/20) |
| Ireland | 248 | 81.5 | 3,880 |
| Donegal | 6 | 216.7 | 345 |
| Kilkenny | 7 | 191.5 | 190 |
| Louth | 21 | 173 | 223 |
| Carlow | <5 | 158.1 | 90 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 138.5 | 85 |
| Limerick | 16 | 125.2 | 244 |
| Longford | <5 | 122.3 | 50 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 115.9 | 165 |
| Mayo | 8 | 102.7 | 134 |
| Cavan | 13 | 97.1 | 74 |
| Dublin | 99 | 92.1 | 1241 |
| Tipperary | 5 | 80.2 | 128 |
| Laois | 9 | 73.2 | 85 |
| Waterford | 6 | 73.2 | 85 |
| Offaly | <5 | 60.3 | 47 |
| Galway | <5 | 60.1 | 155 |
| Meath | 15 | 58.4 | 114 |
| Kildare | 8 | 55.3 | 123 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 44.9 | 29 |
| Sligo | <5 | 39.7 | 26 |
| Clare | 0 | 32.8 | 39 |
| Wexford | 7 | 30.7 | 46 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 25.9 | 23 |
| Cork | <5 | 23.6 | 128 |
| Kerry | <5 | 19 | 29 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 18.7 | 6 |
Note: County field for one of today’s cases remains under investigation.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 75,509 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,409 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 641 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,863 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,434 |
| Number clusters notified | 10,090 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 42,119 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 35,593 |
| Female | 39,882 |
| Unknown | 34 |
| Total | 75,509 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 2,011 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,970 |
| 15 - 24 | 13,133 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,671 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,844 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,391 |
| 55 - 64 | 8,048 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,332 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,781 |
| 85+ | 3,300 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 29.9 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.7 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 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 | 59 |
| 5 - 14 | 52 |
| 15 - 24 | 176 |
| 25 - 34 | 338 |
| 35 - 44 | 425 |
| 45 - 54 | 673 |
| 55 - 64 | 773 |
| 65 - 74 | 983 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,196 |
| 85+ | 732 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 710 | +14 |
| Cavan | 2,241 | +6 |
| Clare | 1,527 | +5 |
| Cork | 6,495 | +12 |
| Donegal | 3,244 | +18 |
| Dublin | 28,025 | +69 |
| Galway | 2,785 | +17 |
| Kerry | 1,352 | No change |
| Kildare | 4,187 | +6 |
| Kilkenny | 1,188 | +21 |
| Laois | 1,034 | +18 |
| Leitrim | 270 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,961 | +15 |
| Longford | 694 | +16 |
| Louth | 2,311 | +14 |
| Mayo | 1,555 | +33 |
| Meath | 3,481 | +6 |
| Monaghan | 1,317 | +6 |
| Offaly | 1,204 | +3 |
| Roscommon | 970 | +4 |
| Sligo | 765 | +7 |
| Tipperary | 1,615 | +5 |
| Waterford | 1,111 | +6 |
| Westmeath | 1,560 | +8 |
| Wexford | 1,235 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 1,672 | +2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 10 December.