Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 9 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 9 December 2020
- Last updated on: 11 December 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,102 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday 8 December, the HPSC has been notified of 227 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 74,900* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 9 confirmed cases. The figure of 74,900 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 98 are men and 129 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 70 in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 19 in Limerick, 14 in Louth, 14 in Kilkenny and the remaining 84 cases are spread across 17 other counties
As of 2pm today, 224 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Today we have seen 8 new admissions to ICU, the most in a 24 hour period since the spring time.
"COVID-19 is still an extremely infectious disease which has the potential to lead to hospitalisation and even ICU admissions.
"Ireland has managed to suppress COVID-19 to the lowest incidence levels in the EU in recent weeks. We have managed to keep up our safe behaviours and worked to protect each other throughout the pandemic.
"If we do not continue to suppress the disease through the actions we have learned over recent months, we will very quickly see a surge in infections leading to an increase in hospitalisations, ICU admissions and, tragically, deaths.
"We are actively planning to begin vaccinating people in early 2021. We cannot afford to drop our guard now."
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 8 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 8/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 8/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 8/12/20) |
| Ireland | 227 | 79.5 | 3,788 |
| Donegal | 26 | 226.8 | 361 |
| Kilkenny | 14 | 191.5 | 190 |
| Louth | 14 | 153.6 | 198 |
| Limerick | 19 | 135.5 | 264 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 123.8 | 76 |
| Carlow | <5 | 121.2 | 69 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 114.4 | 163 |
| Dublin | 70 | 93.9 | 1,265 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 80.2 | 128 |
| Longford | <5 | 78.3 | 32 |
| Waterford | 8 | 78.3 | 91 |
| Mayo | 7 | 75.9 | 99 |
| Offaly | <5 | 68 | 53 |
| Cavan | 7 | 63 | 48 |
| Galway | 10 | 58.1 | 150 |
| Laois | <5 | 54.3 | 46 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 51.1 | 33 |
| Kildare | 7 | 50.3 | 112 |
| Meath | 10 | 49.2 | 96 |
| Clare | 0 | 32 | 38 |
| Sligo | 0 | 30.5 | 20 |
| Cork | 5 | 28.6 | 155 |
| Kerry | <5 | 27.1 | 40 |
| Wexford | 7 | 24 | 36 |
| Westmeath | 0 | 22.5 | 20 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 15.6 | 5 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 74,672 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,360 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 633 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,845 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,329 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,878 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 41,384 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 35,189 |
| Female | 39,449 |
| Unknown | 34 |
| Total | 74,672 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,977 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,871 |
| 15 - 24 | 13,003 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,535 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,705 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,261 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,960 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,292 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,757 |
| 85+ | 3,283 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.6 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.
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 | 58 |
| 5 - 14 | 51 |
| 15 - 24 | 172 |
| 25 - 34 | 334 |
| 35 - 44 | 424 |
| 45 - 54 | 668 |
| 55 - 64 | 766 |
| 65 - 74 | 968 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,188 |
| 85+ | 729 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 683 | +5 |
| Cavan | 2,217 | +1 |
| Clare | 1,518 | +1 |
| Cork | 6,469 | +6 |
| Donegal | 3,174 | +22 |
| Dublin | 27,812 | +73 |
| Galway | 2,745 | +7 |
| Kerry | 1,351 | +3 |
| Kildare | 4,162 | +9 |
| Kilkenny | 1,139 | +15 |
| Laois | 1,012 | +3 |
| Leitrim | 269 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,921 | +11 |
| Longford | 673 | +3 |
| Louth | 2,258 | +14 |
| Mayo | 1,504 | +6 |
| Meath | 3,450 | +4 |
| Monaghan | 1,298 | +2 |
| Offaly | 1,197 | -3 |
| Roscommon | 963 | +4 |
| Sligo | 754 | No change |
| Tipperary | 1,590 | +9 |
| Waterford | 1,083 | +6 |
| Westmeath | 1,557 | -4 |
| Wexford | 1,220 | +2 |
| Wicklow | 1,653 | +6 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 7 December.