Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 13 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 13 December 2020
- Last updated on: 15 December 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,124 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Saturday 12 December, the HPSC has been notified of 429 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 76,185 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 198 are men and 230 are women
- 66% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 34 years old
- 122 in Dublin, 46 in Donegal, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Laois, 20 in Cork and the remaining 189 cases are spread across all other counties
As of 2pm today, 193 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Today, I am concerned that we are seeing the incidence of COVID-19 rising again. 429 is a large number of cases by the standard of recent weeks and the five day moving average has now increased above 300 per day.
"Our efforts in Level 5 in recent weeks brought the 14-day incidence rate down to 78 per 100,000 population, put us in a position of having the lowest disease incidence in Europe and ultimately protected many people and saved many lives.
"Take today’s figures as a sign that we all must now reduce our social contacts, limit our interactions with those outside our households, weigh the risks of what socialising we are planning over the next two weeks, so that we can all have as safe a Christmas as possible."
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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 12 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 12/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 12/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 12/12/20) |
| Ireland | 429 | 84.3 | 4,012 |
| Donegal | 46 | 219.9 | 350 |
| Kilkenny | 18 | 198.5 | 197 |
| Louth | 16 | 174.6 | 225 |
| Carlow | 8 | 159.8 | 91 |
| Longford | 11 | 144.3 | 59 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 136.8 | 84 |
| Limerick | 30 | 133.9 | 261 |
| Cavan | 10 | 109 | 83 |
| Mayo | 11 | 107.3 | 140 |
| Wicklow | 11 | 103.9 | 148 |
| Laois | 22 | 94.5 | 80 |
| Dublin | 122 | 94.3 | 1,270 |
| Tipperary | 15 | 81.5 | 130 |
| Waterford | <5 | 72.3 | 84 |
| Offaly | 10 | 68 | 53 |
| Meath | 15 | 60.5 | 118 |
| Galway | 11 | 60.1 | 155 |
| Kildare | 16 | 56.6 | 126 |
| Sligo | 8 | 48.8 | 32 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 44.9 | 29 |
| Wexford | 11 | 36.7 | 55 |
| Clare | <5 | 32 | 38 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 27 | 24 |
| Cork | 20 | 26.2 | 142 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 25 | 8 |
| Kerry | <5 | 20.3 | 30 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 75,756 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,423 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 641 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,864 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,459 |
| Number clusters notified | 10,117 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 42,224 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 35,717 |
| Female | 40,004 |
| Unknown | 35 |
| Total | 75,756 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 2,021 |
| 5 - 14 | 5,001 |
| 15 - 24 | 13,168 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,722 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,882 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,431 |
| 55 - 64 | 8,067 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,339 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,794 |
| 85+ | 3,303 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 29.9 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.7 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but 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 | 59 |
| 5 - 14 | 52 |
| 15 - 24 | 178 |
| 25 - 34 | 341 |
| 35 - 44 | 425 |
| 45 - 54 | 675 |
| 55 - 64 | 774 |
| 65 - 74 | 984 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,199 |
| 85+ | 734 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 712 | +2 |
| Cavan | 2,254 | +13 |
| Clare | 1,527 | No change |
| Cork | 6,499 | +4 |
| Donegal | 3,250 | +6 |
| Dublin | 28,124 | +99 |
| Galway | 2,789 | +4 |
| Kerry | 1,356 | +4 |
| Kildare | 4,195 | +8 |
| Kilkenny | 1,195 | +7 |
| Laois | 1,043 | +9 |
| Leitrim | 271 | +1 |
| Limerick | 2,977 | +16 |
| Longford | 697 | +3 |
| Louth | 2,332 | +21 |
| Mayo | 1,563 | +8 |
| Meath | 3,496 | +15 |
| Monaghan | 1,318 | +1 |
| Offaly | 1,205 | +1 |
| Roscommon | 972 | +2 |
| Sligo | 767 | +2 |
| Tipperary | 1,620 | +5 |
| Waterford | 1,117 | +6 |
| Westmeath | 1,561 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,242 | +7 |
| Wicklow | 1,674 | +2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 11 December.