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An analysis of the 2,677 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Sunday 29 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 31 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, Sunday 29th March (2,677 cases), reveals:

49% are male and 49% are female, with 118 clusters involving 494 cases
22% of clusters located in private houses, 20% located in nursing homes and 18% located in hospitals
median age of confirmed cases is 47 years
703 cases (26%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 113 cases have been admitted to ICU
647 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 1,487 (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 238 cases (9%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 51%, close contact accounts for 26%, travel abroad accounts for 23%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	2677
Total number hospitalised	703
Total number admitted to ICU	113
Total number of deaths	64
Total number of healthcare workers	674
Number clusters notified	118
Median age	47

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	1321	49.3
Male	1320	49.3
Unknown	36	1.3
Total	2677

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	6	0.2
1 - 4	11	0.4
5 - 14	30	1.1
15 - 24	178	6.6
25 - 34	477	17.8
35 - 44	503	18.8
45 - 54	504	18.8
55 - 64	398	14.9
65+	563	21
Unknown	7	0.3

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	51%
Close contact with confirmed case	26%
Travel Abroad	23%

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 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	4	0.6%
5 - 14	3	0.4%
15 - 24	22	3.1%
25 - 34	61	8.7%
35 - 44	66	9.4%
45 - 54	116	16.5%
55 - 64	108	15.4%
65+	321	45.7%
Unknown	2	0.3

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0.1%
Cavan	24	1.2%
Clare	40	1.5%
Cork	238	8.9%
Donegal	46	1.7%
Dublin	1487	55.5%
Galway	86	3.2%
Kerry	66	2.5%
Kildare	66	2.5%
Kilkenny	36	1.3%
Laois	15	0.6%
Leitrim	6	0.2%
Limerick	67	2.5%
Longford	10	0.4%
Louth	44	1.6%
Mayo	36	1.3%
Meath	54	2%
Monaghan	13	0.5%
Offaly	34	1.3%
Roscommon	10	0.4%
Sligo	19	0.7%
Tipperary	71	2.7%
Waterford	33	1.2%
Westmeath	77	2.9%
Wexford	15	0.6%
Wicklow	73	2.7%

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 29 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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