Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 24 October
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 24 October 2020
- Last updated on: 27 October 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in October.
There has been a total of 1,882 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 23 October, the HPSC has been notified of 859 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 56,108* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 12 confirmed cases. The figure of 56,108 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 415 are men / 441 are women
- 62% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 192 in Dublin, 148 in Cork, 58 in Donegal, 55 in Galway, 54 in Meath, with 352 cases spread across 21 remaining counties
As of 2pm today, 315 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. There have been 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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 23 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 23/10/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 23/10/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 23/10/20) |
| IRELAND AVERAGES | 859 | 302.9 | 14,423 |
| Cavan | 22 | 981.9 | 748 |
| Meath | 54 | 981.9 | 1,273 |
| Westmeath | 14 | 448.3 | 398 |
| Sligo | 11 | 412 | 270 |
| Monaghan | 10 | 384.5 | 236 |
| Galway | 55 | 368.9 | 952 |
| Cork | 148 | 334 | 1,813 |
| Donegal | 58 | 326.6 | 520 |
| Wexford | 17 | 317.9 | 476 |
| Kildare | 35 | 317.9 | 476 |
| Longford | 3 | 296 | 121 |
| Limerick | 32 | 291.4 | 568 |
| Clare | 12 | 272.4 | 324 |
| Louth | 22 | 271.6 | 350 |
| Carlow | 23 | 270.5 | 154 |
| Kerry | 40 | 269.5 | 398 |
| Leitrim | 4 | 259 | 83 |
| Roscommon | 11 | 257.2 | 166 |
| Dublin | 192 | 254.1 | 3,423 |
| Mayo | 25 | 249.8 | 326 |
| Laois | 7 | 219.6 | 186 |
| Offaly | 3 | 214.2 | 167 |
| Waterford | 33 | 193.7 | 225 |
| Kilkenny | 14 | 180.4 | 179 |
| Wicklow | 7 | 180.4 | 204 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 122.8 | 196 |
Note:
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 55,249 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,155 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 529 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,626 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 10,142 |
| Number clusters notified | 6,143 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 27,466 |
| Median age | 40 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 October.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 25,809 |
| Female | 29,387 |
| Unknown | 53 |
| Total | 55,249 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 October.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,142 |
| 5 - 14 | 2,687 |
| 15 - 24 | 9,352 |
| 25 - 34 | 9,523 |
| 35 - 44 | 8,780 |
| 45 - 54 | 8,543 |
| 55 - 64 | 6,141 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,241 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,022 |
| 85+ | 2,789 |
| Unknown | 29 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 October.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 27.7 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 62.6 |
| Travel abroad | 1.7 |
| Unknown | 8 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 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 |
| 0 - 4 | 43 |
| 5 - 14 | 37 |
| 15 - 24 | 123 |
| 25 - 34 | 263 |
| 35 - 44 | 332 |
| 45 - 54 | 545 |
| 55 - 64 | 623 |
| 65 - 74 | 733 |
| 75 - 84 | 896 |
| 85+ | 558 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 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 | 443 | +3 |
| Cavan | 1,889 | +39 |
| Clare | 1,149 | +30 |
| Cork | 4,467 | +40 |
| Donegal | 1,829 | +20 |
| Dublin | 21,948 | +182 |
| Galway | 1,927 | +80 |
| Kerry | 894 | +17 |
| Kildare | 3,445 | 28 |
| Kilkenny | 678 | +5 |
| Laois | 726 | +13 |
| Leitrim | 220 | +8 |
| Limerick | 1,741 | +37 |
| Longford | 523 | +14 |
| Louth | 1,489 | +1 |
| Mayo | 1,012 | +25 |
| Meath | 2,554 | +41 |
| Monaghan | 1,040 | +14 |
| Offaly | 975 | +12 |
| Roscommon | 695 | +9 |
| Sligo | 526 | +27 |
| Tipperary | 1,063 | +16 |
| Waterford | 587 | +14 |
| Westmeath | 1,247 | +27 |
| Wexford | 978 | +44 |
| Wicklow | 1,204 | +25 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 22 October.