Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 17 October
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 17 October 2020
- Last updated on: 19 October 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 8 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
Of these, 1 occurred in June, 2 in September and 5 in October.
There has been a total of 1,849 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 16 October, the HPSC has been notified of 1,276 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 48,678 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 644 are men / 631 are women
- 69% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 31 years old
- 278 in Dublin, 149 in Cork, 108 in Meath, 107 in Galway, 80 in Wexford, and the remaining 554 cases are spread across 21 counties
As of 2pm today, 260 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 30 are in ICU. There have been 12 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 16 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 16/10/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 16/10/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 16/10/20) | 5 day moving average |
| NATIONAL | 1,276 | 231.6 | 11,028 | 1,072 |
| Cavan | 27 | 758.8 | 578 | 64.2 |
| Meath | 108 | 450.2 | 878 | 112 |
| Donegal | 43 | 356.2 | 567 | 35.4 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 350.2 | 215 | 12.8 |
| Clare | 31 | 320.7 | 381 | 25.4 |
| Sligo | 15 | 303.7 | 199 | 19 |
| Galway | 107 | 262.7 | 678 | 73.6 |
| Cork | 149 | 256 | 1,390 | 133.8 |
| Westmeath | 41 | 252.3 | 224 | 22.2 |
| Wexford | 80 | 250.5 | 375 | 43.6 |
| Limerick | 76 | 231.9 | 452 | 41.2 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 218.4 | 70 | 6.6 |
| Longford | 18 | 212.9 | 87 | 8.4 |
| Kildare | 53 | 207.6 | 462 | 44.8 |
| Dublin | 278 | 201.8 | 2,719 | 248.2 |
| Roscommon | 9 | 199.9 | 129 | 9.6 |
| Kerry | 55 | 198.4 | 293 | 33.2 |
| Louth | 18 | 185.4 | 239 | 25 |
| Offaly | 38 | 178.3 | 139 | 12 |
| Laois | 13 | 151.1 | 128 | 12 |
| Kilkenny | 24 | 142.1 | 141 | 15.4 |
| Mayo | 16 | 131 | 171 | 17.6 |
| Waterford | 28 | 130.8 | 152 | 18.4 |
| Carlow | 5 | 115.9 | 66 | 8.4 |
| Wicklow | 26 | 102.5 | 146 | 15.4 |
| Tipperary | 16 | 93.4 | 149 | 13.8 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 47,402 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,956 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 510 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,592 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 9,870 |
| Number clusters notified | 5,423 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 24,792 |
| Median age | 41 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Female | 25,439 | +508 |
| Male | 21,917 | +467 |
| Unknown | 46 | No change |
| Total | 47,402 | +975 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 848 | +39 |
| 5 - 14 | 1,953 | +93 |
| 15 - 24 | 7,408 | +260 |
| 25 - 34 | 8,337 | +153 |
| 35 - 44 | 7,709 | +154 |
| 45 - 54 | 7,490 | +121 |
| 55 - 64 | 5,303 | +99 |
| 65 - 74 | 2,862 | +40 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,818 | +13 |
| 85+ | 2,648 | +5 |
| Unknown | 26 | -2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 27.1 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 65.3 |
| Travel abroad | 1.9 |
| Unknown | 5.7 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.
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
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 41 | No change |
| 5 - 14 | 31 | No change |
| 15 - 24 | 118 | No change |
| 25 - 34 | 253 | +3 |
| 35 - 44 | 319 | +4 |
| 45 - 54 | 520 | +2 |
| 55 - 64 | 591 | +3 |
| 65 - 74 | 696 | +4 |
| 75 - 84 | 855 | +4 |
| 85+ | 530 | No change |
| Unknown | 2 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.
Cases by county
Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 360 | +21 |
| Cavan | 1,532 | +81 |
| Clare | 976 | +12 |
| Cork | 3,540 | +87 |
| Donegal | 1,594 | +32 |
| Dublin | 20,145 | +232 |
| Galway | 1,384 | +75 |
| Kerry | 662 | +8 |
| Kildare | 3,067 | +32 |
| Kilkenny | 594 | +23 |
| Laois | 608 | +8 |
| Leitrim | 188 | +18 |
| Limerick | 1,389 | +22 |
| Longford | 444 | +2 |
| Louth | 1,287 | +33 |
| Mayo | 815 | +26 |
| Meath | 1,883 | +102 |
| Monaghan | 923 | +15 |
| Offaly | 848 | No change |
| Roscommon | 598 | +7 |
| Sligo | 374 | +34 |
| Tipperary | 947 | +22 |
| Waterford | 472 | +32 |
| Westmeath | 978 | +3 |
| Wexford | 713 | +28 |
| Wicklow | 1,081 | +20 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 15 October.