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An analysis of the 584 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Thursday 19 March 2020)
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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
This is not the latest update. Click here for latest updates on case numbers.
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'.