Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 11 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 11 November 2020
- Last updated on: 13 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of the deaths reported today, 1 occurred in October and 1 remains under investigation.
There has been a total of 1,965 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday 10 November, the HPSC has been notified of 362 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 66,247* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 66,247 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 187 are men and 174 are women
- 55% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 41 years old
- 90 in Dublin, 48 in Donegal, 34 in Limerick, 29 in Louth, 24 in Limerick and the remaining 137 cases are spread across 21 other counties
As of 2pm today, 280 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 21 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"The profile of the disease is improving and, while this is a positive trend, it does not mean it is time to take a step back from our adherence to public health guidelines. I urge everyone to redouble their efforts, try and have fewer close contacts this week than you did last week, continue to social distance and follow the other vitally important public health guidelines.
"I also want to thank those who have self-isolated after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result; or having been identified as a close contact of a confirmed case. Self-isolating is a vital measure in our efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and it is essential that all those asked to self-isolate continue to do so."
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Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 10 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 10/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 10/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 10/11/20) |
| Ireland | 362 | 145.0 | 6,904 |
| Donegal | 48 | 300.9 | 479 |
| Limerick | 34 | 201.1 | 392 |
| Meath | 11 | 172.3 | 336 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 168.9 | 109 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 169.9 | 109 |
| Louth | 29 | 157.5 | 203 |
| Dublin | 90 | 154.6 | 2083 |
| Sligo | 5 | 154.1 | 101 |
| Mayo | 9 | 151.7 | 198 |
| Laois | <5 | 147.6 | 125 |
| Cork | 24 | 146.1 | 793 |
| Kerry | 17 | 141.5 | 209 |
| Longford | 5 | 139.5 | 57 |
| Waterford | 11 | 136 | 158 |
| Kilkenny | 7 | 144 | 132 |
| Cavan | <5 | 132.6 | 101 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 125.4 | 77 |
| Clare | 5 | 122.9 | 146 |
| Tipperary | 10 | 117.8 | 188 |
| Carlow | <5 | 114.2 | 65 |
| Offaly | 11 | 112.9 | 88 |
| Galway | 11 | 108.1 | 279 |
| Kildare | 6 | 101.1 | 225 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 71.6 | 101 |
| Wexford | <5 | 67.5 | 101 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 40.6 | 13 |
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 | 65,885 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,744 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 585 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,706 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,000 |
| Number clusters notified | 7,412 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 32,679 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 30,951 |
| Female | 34,914 |
| Unknown | 20 |
| Total | 65,885 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,587 |
| 5 - 14 | 3,864 |
| 15 - 24 | 11,426 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,160 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,345 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,045 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,190 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,853 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,381 |
| 85+ | 3,002 |
| Unknown | 32 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 32.5 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 63.6 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 2.5 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 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 | 51 |
| 5 - 14 | 47 |
| 15 - 24 | 146 |
| 25 - 34 | 300 |
| 35 - 44 | 386 |
| 45 - 54 | 607 |
| 55 - 64 | 696 |
| 65 - 74 | 856 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,027 |
| 85+ | 626 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 578 | +3 |
| Cavan | 2,103 | +7 |
| Clare | 1,386 | +7 |
| Cork | 5,840 | +8 |
| Donegal | 2,443 | +21 |
| Dublin | 25,042 | +82 |
| Galway | 2,434 | +2 |
| Kerry | 1,221 | +1 |
| Kildare | 3,865 | +14 |
| Kilkenny | 855 | +7 |
| Laois | 911 | +7 |
| Leitrim | 239 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,286 | +16 |
| Longford | 602 | +2 |
| Louth | 1,783 | +12 |
| Mayo | 1,291 | +3 |
| Meath | 3,131 | +12 |
| Monaghan | 1,160 | +2 |
| Offaly | 1,071 | +1 |
| Roscommon | 845 | +18 |
| Sligo | 690 | +4 |
| Tipperary | 1,319 | +17 |
| Waterford | 827 | +11 |
| Westmeath | 1,468 | +4 |
| Wexford | 1,138 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 1,357 | +2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 9 November.