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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 2 January

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,252 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Friday 1 January, the HPSC has been notified of 3,394 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 96,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 1,619 are men and 1,766 are women
  • 65% are under 45 years of age
  • the median age is 35 years old
  • 389 in Cork, 355 in Dublin, 339 in Donegal, 258 in Louth, 233 in Mayo and the remaining 1,820 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2pm today, 607 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 56 are in ICU. There have been 71 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:

"The incidence of COVID-19 is as high, if not higher now, than it was in March. Every individual needs to act as if they are infectious. Hospitalisations are rising to levels close to what we saw in the springtime. Everyone needs to stay at home other than for essential work or care.

"It is really important that vulnerable and older people do not leave their homes unless absolutely essential. This includes asking neighbours or family to carry out errands such as grocery shopping, limiting all contacts to only those people you live with or have to visit for essential care reasons.

"We need to rediscover the spirit of solidarity and community we saw in March and April so that we can all do our part in protecting older and vulnerable people.

"People particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 include older persons and people with pre-existing medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancer."

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 1 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County Today’s Cases (to midnight 1/1/21) 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 1/1/21) New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 1/1/21)
Ireland 3,394 381.6 18,169
Monaghan 130 783.6 481
Donegal 339 737.5 1,174
Louth 258 719.3 927
Limerick 209 594.7 1,159
Sligo 150 531.0 348
Mayo 233 505.7 660
Cavan 92 468.7 357
Wexford 103 418.1 626
Kilkenny 87 412.2 409
Kerry 98 383.9 567
Laois 104 381.4 323
Dublin 355 371.1 5,000
Meath 179 364.5 711
Cork 389 351.3 1,907
Roscommon 68 328.5 212
Galway 116 322.4 832
Carlow 41 312.7 178
Clare 65 298.8 355
Offaly 86 269.4 210
Longford 39 264.2 108
Waterford 67 249.6 290
Westmeath 33 244.5 217
Kildare 47 238.6 531
Leitrim 29 230.9 74
Tipperary 59 176.7 282
Wicklow 18 162.2 231
  • the 7-day incidence is 242.7
  • the 5-day moving average is 2,007

Reporting over latest 14-day period (19/12/2020-01/01/2021)

Date reported Reported confirmed cases Tests processed Positive tests detected Positivity rate
18 December - 13941 703 5%
19 December 527 13458 746 5.5%
20 December 760 12804 757 5.9%
21 December 726 13216 698 5.3%
22 December 968 20660 1077 5.2%
23 December 939 22884 1269 5.5%
24 December 922 21416 1643 7.7%
25 December 1019 11999 1207 10.1%
26 December 1293 3536 343 9.7%
27 December 744 9405 1178 12.5%
28 December 764 13805 2007 14.5%
29 December 1546 17484 2867 16.4%
30 December 1720 26277 4366 16.6%
31 December 1620 28666 5573 20.7%
1 January 1754 20586 4502 21.9%
2 January 3,394 - - -

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases 93,532
Total number hospitalised 6,087
Total number admitted to ICU 679
Total number of deaths 1,990
Total number of healthcare workers 13,367
Number clusters notified 10,736
Cases associated with clusters 45,005
Median age 38
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

Gender of patients

Gender Number of cases
Male 44,492
Female 48,956
Unknown 84
Total 93,532
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

Age range affected

Age range Number of cases
0 - 4 2,574
5 - 14 6,337
15 - 24 16,659
25 - 34 16,179
35 - 44 14,638
45 - 54 13,888
55 - 64 10,018
65 - 74 5,251
75 - 84 4,318
85+ 3,639
Unknown 31
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification %
Community transmission 32.3
Close contact with confirmed case 60.5
Travel abroad 1.2
Unknown 5
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

Note:

When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn't been abroad or had a known 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 61
5 - 14 63
15 - 24 230
25 - 34 396
35 - 44 478
45 - 54 756
55 - 64 863
65 - 74 1,082
75 - 84 1,332
85+ 824
Unknown 2
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

Cases by county

County Number of cases Change since the day before
Carlow 907 +7
Cavan 2,596 +23
Clare 1,832 +36
Cork 8,205 +296
Donegal 4,325 +44
Dublin 33,702 +523
Galway 3,558 +180
Kerry 1,948 +92
Kildare 4,790 +56
Kilkenny 1,611 +25
Laois 1,355 +12
Leitrim 321 +10
Limerick 4,079 +31
Longford 790 +19
Louth 3,167 +46
Mayo 2,061 +104
Meath 4,154 +26
Monaghan 1,716 +26
Offaly 1,365 +26
Roscommon 1,131 +63
Sligo 998 +10
Tipperary 1,892 +25
Waterford 1,389 +5
Westmeath 1,752 +23
Wexford 1,954 +30
Wicklow 1,934 +15
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 31 December.

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