Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 13 June
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 13 June 2020
- Last updated on: 15 June 2020
- Cases as on Thursday 11 June
- 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 5 people with COVID-19 have died.
There have now been a total 1,705* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 deaths. The figure of 1,705 deaths reflects this.)
As of midnight Friday 12 June the HPSC has been notified of 46** confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 25,295 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 25,295 confirmed cases reflects this.)
(**22 of these samples were taken on Monday (n=12) and Tuesday (n=10) and would normally have been reported on Thursday and Friday but, for technical reasons as part of normal laboratory practice at the National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL), are being reported today. Contact tracing has already been undertaken for the majority of these cases.)
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Today’s increase in notifications of COVID-19 is not an increase in the daily incidence of the disease. When the cases are analysed according to the date the samples were taken, it shows that they were spread out over a number of days. All the indicators of the disease are stable or reducing. We will continue to closely monitor these every day."
ENDS
Cases as on Thursday 11 June
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday 11 June (25,249 cases), reveals:
- 57% are female and 43% are male
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 3,276 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 416 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 8,123 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,179 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,533 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,426 cases (6%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 37%, close contact accounts for 60%, travel abroad accounts for 2%
Hospital statistics
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.
Gender of patients
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.
Age range affected
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.
How COVID-19 is spreading
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.
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 close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.
Cases by county
Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, cases may be reassigned to another county.
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 11 June.