Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 30 August

From: Department of Health
Published on: 30 August 2020
Last updated on: 1 September 2020

Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.

There has been a total of 1,777 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 29 August, the HPSC has been notified of 42 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 28,760* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 28,760 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

20 are men and 22 are women
71% are under 45 years of age
15 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
6 cases have been identified as community transmission
24 are in Dublin, 6 in Limerick, and the remaining 12 are located in Carlow, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Longford, Offaly, and Sligo

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.

ENDS

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	28,718
Total number hospitalised	3,394
Total number admitted to ICU	446
Total number of deaths	1,519
Total number of healthcare workers	8,621
Number clusters notified	2,741
Cases associated with clusters	15,743
Median age	46

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 August.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number of cases	% of total
Female	16,101	56.1
Male	12,589	43.8
Unknown	28	0.1
Total	28,718

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 August.

Age range affected

Age range	Number of cases
0 - 4	290
5 - 14	560
15 - 24	2,579
25 - 34	5,025
35 - 44	5,036
45 - 54	5,028
55 - 64	3,503
65 - 74	1,931
75 - 84	2,352
85+	2,391
Unknown	23

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 August.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification	%
Community transmission	30.3
Close contact with confirmed case	66.4
Travel abroad	2.5
Unknown	0.9

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 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	25
5 - 14	18
15 - 24	79
25 - 34	208
35 - 44	280
45 - 54	456
55 - 64	504
65 - 74	594
75 - 84	753
85+	476
Unknown	1

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 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	244	0.8	+1
Cavan	892	3.1	No change
Clare	461	1.6	+4
Cork	1,638	5.7	+4
Donegal	537	1.8	+14
Dublin	13,330	46.4	+58
Galway	514	1.8	No change
Kerry	328	1.1	+2
Kildare	2,243	7.8	+20
Kilkenny	400	1.4	+2
Laois	383	1.3	+1
Leitrim	85	0.3	No change
Limerick	736	2.5	+14
Longford	294	1	No change
Louth	825	2.9	+1
Mayo	588	2.1	+1
Meath	898	3.1	+1
Monaghan	570	2	No change
Offaly	622	2.2	No change
Roscommon	362	1.2	No change
Sligo	156	0.6	No change
Tipperary	697	2.4	+6
Waterford	189	0.7	No change
Westmeath	689	2.4	No change
Wexford	294	1	+8
Wicklow	743	2.6	+3

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 28 August.

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