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An analysis of the 2,216 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Friday 27 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 29 March 2020
Last updated on: 24 September 2020

Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 27 March (2,216 cases), reveals:

51% are male and 48% are female, with 103 clusters involving 379 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 47 years
564 cases (26%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 77 cases have been admitted to ICU
506 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 1,233 (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 208 cases (9%)
of those for whom transmission status is known, community transmission accounts for 51%, close contact accounts for 24%, travel abroad accounts for 25%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	2216
Total number hospitalised	564
Total number admitted to ICU	77
Total number of deaths	43
Total number of healthcare workers	506
Number clusters notified	103
Median age	47

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	1060	48
Male	1140	51
Unknown	16	1
Total	2216

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	4	0
1 - 4	11	1
5 - 14	29	1
15 - 24	155	7
25 - 34	408	18
35 - 44	416	19
45 - 54	432	19
55 - 64	314	14
65+	441	20
Unknown	6	0

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	51%
Close contact with confirmed case	25%
Travel Abroad	24%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

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 local transmission.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	3	1%
5 - 14	3	1%
15 - 24	19	3%
25 - 34	52	9%
35 - 44	51	9%
45 - 54	98	17%
55 - 64	88	16%
65+	249	44%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0%
Cavan	19	1%
Clare	34	2%
Cork	208	9%
Donegal	24	1%
Dublin	1233	56%
Galway	68	3%
Kerry	53	3%
Kildare	61	3%
Kilkenny	33	2%
Laois	14	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	55	3%
Longford	10	1%
Louth	34	2%
Mayo	26	1%
Meath	46	2%
Monaghan	11	1%
Offaly	29	1%
Roscommon	10	1%
Sligo	12	1%
Tipperary	53	2%
Waterford	31	1%
Westmeath	67	3%
Wexford	12	1%
Wicklow	65	3%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 27 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

You can see more statistics on the COVID-19 Dashboard.

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