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An analysis of the 4,014 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Thursday 2 April 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 4 April 2020
Last updated on: 24 September 2020

Cases on Thursday 2 April
Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

Cases on Thursday 2 April

The data from HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday 2 April 2020 (4,014 cases), reveals:

48% are male and 52% are female, with 206 clusters involving 838 cases
the edian age of confirmed cases is 48 years
1,118 cases (28%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 158 cases have been admitted to ICU
1,084 cases (27%) are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 2,251 (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 304 cases (8%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 62%, close contact accounts for 24%, travel abroad accounts for 14%

You can see the latest data on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Dashboard.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	4014
Total number hospitalised	1118
Total number admitted to ICU	158
Total number of deaths	131
Total number of healthcare workers	1084
Number clusters notified	206
Median age	48

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	2080	51.8
Male	1909	47.6
Unknown	25	0.6
Total	4014

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	9	0.2
1 - 4	12	0.3
5 - 14	33	0.8
15 - 24	255	6.4
25 - 34	678	16.9
35 - 44	751	18.7
45 - 54	764	19
55 - 64	584	14.5
65+	918	22.9
Unknown	10	0.3

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	62%
Close contact with confirmed case	23%
Travel Abroad	15%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

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	0.5
5 - 14	4	0.4
15 - 24	34	3
25 - 34	83	7.5
35 - 44	101	9
45 - 54	174	15.6
55 - 64	174	15.6
65+	540	48.3
Unknown	2	0.2

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

Cases by county

Carlow	6	0.1%
Cavan	67	1.7%
Clare	54	1.3%
Cork	304	7.6%
Donegal	80	2%
Dublin	2251	56.1%
Galway	105	2.6%
Kerry	84	2.1%
Kildare	136	3.4%
Kilkenny	54	1.3%
Laois	21	0.3%
Leitrim	13	0.3%
Limerick	116	2.9%
Longford	17	0.4%
Louth	55	1.4%
Mayo	63	1.6%
Meath	93	2.3%
Monaghan	20	0.5%
Offaly	63	1.6%
Roscommon	13	0.3%
Sligo	27	0.7%
Tipperary	105	2.6%
Waterford	43	1.1%
Westmeath	92	2.3%
Wexford	20	0.5%
Wicklow	112	2.8%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 2 April.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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