Publication
An analysis of the 2,677 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Sunday 29 March 2020)
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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'.
You can see more statistics on the COVID-19 Dashboard.