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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 8 November


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 1,947 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 7 November, the HPSC has been notified of 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 65,394* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 65,394 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

  • 277 are men and 264 are women
  • 64% are under 45 years of age
  • the median age is 35 years old
  • 181 in Dublin, 59 in Donegal, 50 in Limerick, 36 in Cork, 25 in Kildare, and the remaining 191 cases are spread across 20 other counties

As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There have been 13 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 7 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County
Today’s Cases (to midnight 7/11/20)
14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 7/11/20)
New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 7/11/20)
Ireland
542
175.5
8,356
Donegal
59
295.2
470
Meath
18
243.0
474
Limerick
50
220.1
429
Cavan
<5
203.5
155
Westmeath
9
198.3
176
Cork
36
197.8
1,074
Dublin
181
186.8
2,517
Sligo
8
186.2
122
Louth
9
176.1
227
Mayo
5
173.2
226
Carlow
6
170.4
97
Laois
18
167.7
142
Kerry
18
163.2
241
Clare
8
162.4
193
Longford
6
161.5
66
Roscommon
<5
156.5
101
Waterford
<5
148.1
172
Monaghan
<5
146.6
90
Galway
7
145.3
375
Kildare
25
142.5
317
Kilkenny
8
141.1
140
Tipperary
18
124.1
198
Offaly
16
115.4
90
Wicklow
17
89.9
128
Wexford
6
83.5
125
Leitrim
<5
34.3
11

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
64,852
Total number hospitalised
4,630
Total number admitted to ICU
571
Total number of deaths
1,688
Total number of healthcare workers
10,862
Number clusters notified
7,241
Cases associated with clusters
31,715
Median age
39
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

Gender of patients

Gender
Number of cases
Male
30,416
Female
34,396
Unknown
40
Total
64,852
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

Age range affected

Age range
Number of cases
0 - 4
1,553
5 - 14
3,763
15 - 24
11,231
25 - 34
10,995
35 - 44
10,184
45 - 54
9,895
55 - 64
7,106
65 - 74
3,779
75 - 84
3,341
85+
2,973
Unknown
32
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification
%
Community transmission
32.9
Close contact with confirmed case
61.8
Travel abroad
1.4
Unknown
3.9
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

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
48
5 - 14
46
15 - 24
143
25 - 34
290
35 - 44
374
45 - 54
596
55 - 64
689
65 - 74
832
75 - 84
1,001
85+
609
Unknown
2
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

Cases by county

County
Number of cases
Change since the day before
Carlow
567
+3
Cavan
2,089
No change
Clare
1,364
+9
Cork
5,787
+25
Donegal
2,343
+41
Dublin
24,705
+72
Galway
2,422
+12
Kerry
1,197
+23
Kildare
3,826
+6
Kilkenny
832
+21
Laois
881
+8
Leitrim
233
+3
Limerick
2,190
+18
Longford
593
+2
Louth
1,755
+6
Mayo
1,278
+26
Meath
3,094
+10
Monaghan
1,152
+4
Offaly
1,051
No change
Roscommon
819
+2
Sligo
675
+5
Tipperary
1,277
+7
Waterford
809
+17
Westmeath
1,451
+3
Wexford
1,126
+6
Wicklow
1,336
+3
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.

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