Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 4 October

From: Department of Health
Published on: 4 October 2020
Last updated on: 5 October 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 1,810 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 3 October, the HPSC has been notified of 364 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 38,032 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

195 are men / 168 are women
74% are under 45 years of age
27% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
42 cases have been identified as community transmission
100 cases are in Dublin, 55 in Cork, 31 in Donegal, 24 in Limerick, 23 in Galway, 17 in Clare, 14 in Sligo, 13 in Roscommon, 10 in Kerry, 8 in Tipperary, 8 in Wicklow, 7 in Kildare, 6 in Kilkenny, 6 in Offaly, 5 in Cavan, 5 in Mayo, 5 in Meath, with the remaining 27 cases in 9 counties

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	37,668
Total number hospitalised	3,653
Total number admitted to ICU	474
Total number of deaths	1,557
Total number of healthcare workers	9,318
Number clusters notified	4,423
Cases associated with clusters	21,014
Median age	43

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 October.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number of cases	Change since the day before
Female	20,622	+293
Male	17,009	+315
Unknown	37	+3
Total	37,668	+611

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 October.

Age range affected

Age range	Number of cases	Change since the day before
0 - 4	571	+18
5 - 14	1,262	+41
15 - 24	4,694	+155
25 - 34	6,622	+102
35 - 44	6,375	+99
45 - 54	6,239	+77
55 - 64	4,364	+68
65 - 74	2,420	+29
75 - 84	2,582	+9
85+	2,515	+13
Unknown	24	No change

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 October.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification	%
Community transmission	28.5
Close contact with confirmed case	67.7
Travel abroad	2.3
Unknown	1.6

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 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	Change since the day before
0 - 4	33	+2
5 - 14	26	No change
15 - 24	100	+1
25 - 34	221	+1
35 - 44	297	+2
45 - 54	493	+2
55 - 64	543	+2
65 - 74	653	No change
75 - 84	791	No change
85+	495	No change
Unknown	1	No change

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 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	299	+7
Cavan	980	+8
Clare	626	+17
Cork	2,299	+46
Donegal	1,071	+58
Dublin	17,720	+224
Galway	814	+18
Kerry	426	+21
Kildare	2,657	+43
Kilkenny	477	+7
Laois	493	+32
Leitrim	119	+1
Limerick	1014	+31
Longford	375	+3
Louth	1,066	+12
Mayo	660	+6
Meath	1,110	+13
Monaghan	709	+12
Offaly	748	+9
Roscommon	477	+7
Sligo	190	+7
Tipperary	815	+9
Waterford	348	+3
Westmeath	796	+5
Wexford	418	+8
Wicklow	961	+9

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 2 October.

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