Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 22 August
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 22 August 2020
- Last updated on: 11 April 2025
- 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 2 people with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.
There has now been a total of 1,777* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 21 August, the HPSC has been notified of 156 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 27,908** confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 81 are men and 75 are women
- 71% are under 45 years of age
- 68 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 15 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 55 are in Dublin, 36 in Kildare, 12 in Tipperary, 9 in Limerick, 7 in Kilkenny, 6 in Waterford and the remaining 31 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"This weekend, if you are having people over, please have no more than 6 visitors, from no more than 3 households, to your home. It is vital that people all across the country follow the public health advice. If you have any symptoms, isolate and contact your GP by phone immediately."
ENDS
- Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 1,777 reflects this.
**Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 27,908 reflects this.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 27,752 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,394 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 443 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,519 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 8,542 |
| Number clusters notified | 2,570 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 15,139 |
| Median age | 47 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | % of total |
| Female | 15,652 | 56.4 |
| Male | 12,072 | 43.5 |
| Unknown | 28 | 0.1 |
| Total | 27,752 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 260 |
| 5 - 14 | 485 |
| 15 - 24 | 2,347 |
| 25 - 34 | 4,832 |
| 35 - 44 | 4,883 |
| 45 - 54 | 4,891 |
| 55 - 64 | 3,426 |
| 65 - 74 | 1,897 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,324 |
| 85+ | 2,386 |
| Unknown | 21 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.5 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.5 |
| Travel abroad | 2.4 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.
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 |
| 0 - 4 | 24 |
| 5 - 14 | 18 |
| 15 - 24 | 80 |
| 25 - 34 | 204 |
| 35 - 44 | 279 |
| 45 - 54 | 456 |
| 55 - 64 | 503 |
| 65 - 74 | 596 |
| 75 - 84 | 753 |
| 85+ | 480 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.
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 | % of total | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 216 | 0.8 | No change |
| Cavan | 883 | 3.2 | No change |
| Clare | 442 | 1.6 | +1 |
| Cork | 1,610 | 5.8 | +6 |
| Donegal | 511 | 1.8 | +1 |
| Dublin | 12,913 | 46.5 | +42 |
| Galway | 509 | 1.8 | No change |
| Kerry | 323 | 1.2 | No change |
| Kildare | 2,125 | 7.7 | +9 |
| Kilkenny | 387 | 1.4 | No change |
| Laois | 367 | 1.3 | +3 |
| Leitrim | 85 | 0.3 | No change |
| Limerick | 686 | 2.5 | +4 |
| Longford | 291 | 1.1 | No change |
| Louth | 815 | 3 | +1 |
| Mayo | 587 | 2.1 | +1 |
| Meath | 875 | 3.2 | No change |
| Monaghan | 550 | 2 | No change |
| Offaly | 605 | 2.2 | No change |
| Roscommon | 351 | 1.3 | No change |
| Sligo | 156 | 0.6 | No change |
| Tipperary | 625 | 2.2 | +5 |
| Waterford | 175 | 0.6 | No change |
| Westmeath | 683 | 2.5 | No change |
| Wexford | 261 | 0.9 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 721 | 2.6 | +1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 20 August.