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An analysis of the 3,282 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Tuesday 31 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 2 April 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 Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Tuesday 31 March (3,282 cases) shows that:

48% of the cases of COVID-19 are male and 50% are female, with 160 clusters involving 659 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
932 cases (28%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 134 cases have been admitted to ICU
841 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 1,838 (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 272 cases (8%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 17%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	3,282
Total number hospitalised	932
Total number admitted to ICU	134
Total number of deaths	91
Total number of healthcare workers	841
Number clusters notified	160
Median age	48

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	1661	50.6
Male	1572	47.9
Unknown	49	1.5
Total	3282

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	8	0.2
1 - 4	11	0.3
5 - 14	30	0.9
15 - 24	216	6.6
25 - 34	564	17.2
35 - 44	617	18.8
45 - 54	608	18.5
55 - 64	480	14.6
65+	739	22.5
Unknown	9	0.3

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	59%
Close contact with confirmed case	23%
Travel Abroad	18%

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 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

Age range	Number of cases	Percentage of total
<5	6	0.6
5 - 14	4	0.4
15 - 24	29	3.1
25 - 34	77	8.3
35 - 44	85	9.1
45 - 54	152	16.3
55 - 64	145	15.6
65+	432	46.4
Unknown	2	0.2

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0.1%
Cavan	39	1.2%
Clare	49	1.5%
Cork	272	8.3%
Donegal	68	2.1%
Dublin	1838	56%
Galway	91	2.8%
Kerry	72	2.3%
Kildare	90	2.7%
Kilkenny	37	1.1%
Laois	16	0.5%
Leitrim	12	0.4%
Limerick	94	2.9%
Longford	14	0.4%
Louth	52	1.6%
Mayo	52	1.6%
Meath	74	2.3%
Monaghan	17	0.5%
Offaly	46	1.4%
Roscommon	10	0.3%
Sligo	25	0.8%
Tipperary	91	2.8%
Waterford	38	1.2%
Westmeath	81	2.5%
Wexford	16	0.5%
Wicklow	84	2.6%

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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