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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 7 June

From: Department of Health
Published on: 7 June 2020
Last updated on: 9 June 2020

Cases as on Friday 5 June
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 a total of 1 person with COVID-19 has died.

There have now been a total 1,679 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 6 June the HPSC has been notified of 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 25,201* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Cases as on Friday 5 June

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 5 June (25,176 cases), reveals:

57% are female and 43% are male
the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
3,321 cases (13%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 409 cases have been admitted to ICU
8,057 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 12,139 (48% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,529 cases (6%) and then Kildare with 1,428 cases (6%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 39%, close contact accounts for 59%, travel abroad accounts for 2%

ENDS

Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 7 confirmed cases. The figure of 25,201 confirmed cases reflects this.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	25,176
Total number hospitalised	3,321
Total number admitted to ICU	409
Total number of deaths	1,420
Total number of healthcare workers	8,057
Number clusters notified	888
Cases associated with clusters	10,217
Median age	48

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number of cases	% of total
Female	14,393	57.17
Male	10,751	42.7
Unknown	32	0.13
Total	25,176

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

Age range affected

Age range	Number of cases	% of total
0 - 4	161	0.64
5 - 14	320	1.27
15 - 24	1854	7.36
25 - 34	4219	16.76
35 - 44	4430	17.6
45 - 54	4527	17.98
55 - 64	3226	12.81
65 - 74	1793	7.12
75 - 84	2277	9.04
85+	2346	9.32
Unknown	23	0.09

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	38.81%
Close contact with confirmed case	58.81%
Travel abroad	2.28%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

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	% of total
0 - 4	20	0.6
5 - 14	17	0.51
15 - 24	73	2.2
25 - 34	197	5.93
35 - 44	258	7.77
45 - 54	443	13.34
55 - 64	490	14.75
65 - 74	580	17.46
75 - 84	758	22.82
85+	482	14.51
Unknown	3	0.09

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

Cases by county

Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, cases may be reassigned to another county.

County	Number of cases	% of total
Carlow	168	0.67
Cavan	858	3.41
Clare	368	1.46
Cork	1529	6.07
Donegal	471	1.87
Dublin	12139	48.22
Galway	481	1.91
Kerry	308	1.22
Kildare	1423	5.65
Kilkenny	344	1.37
Laois	262	1.04
Leitrim	84	0.33
Limerick	582	2.31
Longford	285	1.13
Louth	777	3.09
Mayo	570	2.26
Meath	806	3.2
Monaghan	528	2.1
Offaly	479	1.9
Roscommon	337	1.34
Sligo	128	0.51
Tipperary	540	2.14
Waterford	154	0.61
Westmeath	671	2.67
Wexford	214	0.85
Wicklow	670	2.66

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 5 June.

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