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An analysis of the 4,443 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Friday 3 April 2020)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 5 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
The data from HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 3rd April 2020 (4,443 cases), reveals:
- 47% are male and 53% are female, with 236 clusters involving 903 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 1,203 cases (27%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 165 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 1,163 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 2,490 (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 343 cases (8%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 24%, travel abroad accounts for 13%
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 4443 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 1203 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 165 | |
| Total number of deaths | 151 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 1163 | |
| Number clusters notified | 236 | |
| Median age | 48 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 April.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 2335 | 52.6 |
| Male | 2072 | 46.6 |
| Unknown | 36 | 0.8 |
| Total | 4443 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 April.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 11 | 0.2 |
| 1 - 4 | 32 | 0.3 |
| 5 - 14 | 35 | 0.8 |
| 15 - 24 | 270 | 6.1 |
| 25 - 34 | 748 | 16.8 |
| 35 - 44 | 808 | 18.2 |
| 45 - 54 | 830 | 18.7 |
| 55 - 64 | 647 | 14.6 |
| 65+ | 1070 | 24.1 |
| Unknown | 11 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 April.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 63% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 24% |
| Travel Abroad | 13% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 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 | 7 | 0.6 |
| 5 - 14 | 4 | 0.3 |
| 15 - 24 | 35 | 2.9 |
| 25 - 34 | 88 | 7.3 |
| 35 - 44 | 106 | 8.8 |
| 45 - 54 | 183 | 15.2 |
| 55 - 64 | 185 | 15.4 |
| 65+ | 593 | 49.3 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 April.
Cases by county
| Carlow | 12 | 0.3% |
| Cavan | 76 | 1.7% |
| Clare | 54 | 1.2% |
| Cork | 343 | 7.7% |
| Donegal | 81 | 1.8% |
| Dublin | 2490 | 56% |
| Galway | 108 | 2.4% |
| Kerry | 85 | 1.9% |
| Kildare | 152 | 3.4% |
| Kilkenny | 73 | 1.6% |
| Laois | 22 | 0.5% |
| Leitrim | 13 | 0.3% |
| Limerick | 128 | 2.9% |
| Longford | 17 | 0.4% |
| Louth | 64 | 1.4% |
| Mayo | 78 | 1.8% |
| Meath | 106 | 2.4% |
| Monaghan | 23 | 0.5% |
| Offaly | 64 | 1.4% |
| Roscommon | 15 | 0.3% |
| Sligo | 28 | 0.6% |
| Tipperary | 128 | 2.7% |
| Waterford | 46 | 1% |
| Westmeath | 94 | 2.1% |
| Wexford | 21 | 0.5% |
| Wicklow | 132 | 2.8% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 3 April.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.