Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 1 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 1 December 2020
- Last updated on: 3 December 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 18 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of the deaths reported today, 1 death occurred in October, 15 deaths in November and 2 are under investigation.
There has been a total of 2,069* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data has resulted in the denotification of 2 deaths. The figure of 2,069 deaths reflect this.)
As of midnight Monday 30 November, the HPSC has been notified of 269 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 72,798* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 15 confirmed cases. The figure of 72,798 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 133 are men and 133 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 73 in Dublin, 20 in Kilkenny, 20 in Limerick, 19 in Louth, 19 in Tipperary and the remaining 118 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 224 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"The hard work and sacrifices that have been made by people over the last 6 weeks to suppress COVID-19 means that we are now in a position to reopen non-essential retail and to travel within our counties.
"It is up to every person, individually, to remain vigilant to the spread of this disease, to assess the risk that is involved in any social activity. We need to keep the public health advice at the centre of our minds and do not have visitors to our homes, outside of any necessary visitors in a support bubble, until the 18th of December.
"Each one of us has a role in shaping the national picture on COVID-19 in the coming weeks. It is vital that you keep hand washing, wear face coverings and keep a 2m distance from each other, to protect public health, to protect vital public services and to give us the best chance to continue to minimise the spread of the disease."
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 30 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 30/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 30/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 30/11/20) |
| Ireland | 269 | 87 | 4,144 |
| Donegal | 16 | 211.1 | 336 |
| Louth | 19 | 183.1 | 236 |
| Kilkenny | 20 | 148.1 | 147 |
| Limerick | 20 | 132.9 | 259 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 104.3 | 64 |
| Dublin | 73 | 103.1 | 1,389 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 92.7 | 132 |
| Longford | <5 | 88.1 | 36 |
| Mayo | 9 | 85.1 | 111 |
| Carlow | 7 | 80.8 | 46 |
| Tipperary | 19 | 80.2 | 128 |
| Meath | 6 | 79.5 | 155 |
| Waterford | <5 | 75.7 | 88 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 63.5 | 41 |
| Cork | 8 | 63.4 | 344 |
| Cavan | 6 | 63 | 48 |
| Kildare | 7 | 60.2 | 134 |
| Laois | <5 | 55.5 | 47 |
| Sligo | <5 | 54.9 | 36 |
| Clare | 6 | 53 | 63 |
| Galway | 16 | 50 | 129 |
| Offaly | <5 | 47.5 | 37 |
| Kerry | 5 | 44 | 65 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 29.3 | 26 |
| Wexford | 9 | 28.7 | 43 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 12.5 | 4 |
Note:
Ireland’s current 7-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 39.9.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 72,529 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,225 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 622 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,809 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,002 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,411 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 39,721 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 34,167 |
| Female | 38,328 |
| Unknown | 34 |
| Total | 72,529 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,874 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,592 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,698 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,192 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,387 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,967 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,758 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,170 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,664 |
| 85+ | 3,199 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.4 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.2 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 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 | 57 |
| 5 - 14 | 50 |
| 15 - 24 | 170 |
| 25 - 34 | 321 |
| 35 - 44 | 418 |
| 45 - 54 | 659 |
| 55 - 64 | 750 |
| 65 - 74 | 935 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,159 |
| 85+ | 704 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 637 | +6 |
| Cavan | 2,187 | +2 |
| Clare | 1,502 | +5 |
| Cork | 6,393 | +13 |
| Donegal | 2,962 | +15 |
| Dublin | 27,088 | +97 |
| Galway | 2,665 | +23 |
| Kerry | 1,335 | +4 |
| Kildare | 4,095 | +9 |
| Kilkenny | 1,025 | +11 |
| Laois | 981 | +3 |
| Leitrim | 264 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,786 | +29 |
| Longford | 655 | +5 |
| Louth | 2,134 | +11 |
| Mayo | 1,444 | +10 |
| Meath | 3,411 | +6 |
| Monaghan | 1,249 | +12 |
| Offaly | 1,166 | +4 |
| Roscommon | 942 | No change |
| Sligo | 744 | +2 |
| Tipperary | 1,516 | +8 |
| Waterford | 1,040 | +2 |
| Westmeath | 1,550 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,199 | +1 |
| Wicklow | 1,559 | +12 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 November.