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An analysis of the 584 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Thursday 19 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 21 March 2020
Last updated on: 28 September 2020

Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Healthcare workers
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

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The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 438 cases notified as at midnight Thursday, 19 March 2020:

The data reveals:

of the 584 cases notified, 55% are male and 44% are female, with 29 clusters involving 157 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 44 years
30% of cases have been hospitalised
13 cases admitted to ICU - representing 2% of all cases hospitalised
147 cases - 25% of cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 55%, followed by Cork 15%

Of those for whom transmission status is known:

community transmission accounts for 42%
close contact accounts for 23%
travel abroad accounts for 35%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	584
Total number hospitalised	173
Total number admitted to ICU	13
Total number of deaths	3
Case fatality rate	0.5
Total number of healthcare workers	147
Number clusters notified	29
Median age	44

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	257	44
Male	320	55
Unknown	7	1
Total	584

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total	Age specific incidence
<1	2	0	0.3
1 - 4	2	0	0.3
5 - 14	10	2	1.8
15 - 24	56	10	9.6
25 - 34	110	19	18.8
35 - 44	121	21	20.7
45 - 54	95	16	16.3
55 - 64	85	15	14.6
65+	102	17	17.5
Unknown	1	0	0.2
Total	584

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	179
Close contact with confirmed case	97
Travel Abroad	148
Under investigation	160

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

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.

Healthcare workers

Travel related	44	30%
No foreign travel	96	65%
Under investigation	7	5%
Total	147

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	2	1%
5 - 14	1	1%
15 - 24	9	5%
25 - 34	24	14%
35 - 44	18	10%
45 - 54	28	16%
55 - 64	31	18%
65+	60	35%

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0%
Cavan	≤5	0%
Clare	7	1%
Cork	88	15%
Donegal	≤5	1%
Dublin	320	55%
Galway	21	4%
Kerry	8	1%
Kildare	18	3%
Kilkenny	11	2%
Laois	≤5	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	15	3%
Longford	≤5	1%
Louth	9	2%
Mayo	≤5	0%
Meath	10	2%
Offaly	7	1%
Roscommon	≤5	0%
Sligo	≤5	1%
Tipperary	≤5	1%
Waterford	8	1%
Westmeath	14	2%
Wexford	≤5	0%
Wicklow	17	3%

All statistics measured at midnight, 19 March 2020.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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