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An analysis of the 965 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Sunday 22 March 2020)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 24 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 965 cases notified as at midnight Sunday, 22 March 2020:
The data reveals:
- 55% are male and 45% are female, with 44 clusters involving 243 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 45 years
- 277 cases (29%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 36 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 247 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 535, (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 123 cases (13%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 47%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 31%
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 965 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 277 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 36 | |
| Total number of deaths | 6 | |
| Case fatality rate | 0.6 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 247 | |
| Number clusters notified | 44 | |
| Median age | 45 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 431 | 45 |
| Male | 534 | 55 |
| Total | 965 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 - 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 - 14 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 - 24 | 77 | 8 |
| 25 - 34 | 189 | 20 |
| 35 - 44 | 183 | 19 |
| 45 - 54 | 191 | 20 |
| 55 - 64 | 136 | 14 |
| 65+ | 165 | 17 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 965 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 45% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 24% |
| Travel Abroad | 31% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 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.
Healthcare workers
| Travel related | 62 | 25% |
| No foreign travel | 156 | 63% |
| Under investigation | 29 | 12% |
| Total | 247 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| <5 | 2 | 1% |
| 5 - 14 | 2 | 1% |
| 15 - 24 | 15 | 5% |
| 25 - 34 | 36 | 13% |
| 35 - 44 | 26 | 9% |
| 45 - 54 | 52 | 18% |
| 55 - 64 | 43 | 16% |
| 65+ | 101 | 37% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
Cases by county
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0% |
| Cavan | ≤5 | 1% |
| Clare | 11 | 1% |
| Cork | 123 | 13% |
| Donegal | 11 | 1% |
| Dublin | 535 | 56% |
| Galway | 35 | 4% |
| Kerry | 15 | 1% |
| Kildare | 25 | 3% |
| Kilkenny | 16 | 2% |
| Laois | 8 | 1% |
| Leitrim | ≤5 | 0% |
| Limerick | 19 | 2% |
| Longford | ≤5 | 1% |
| Louth | 16 | 2% |
| Mayo | 9 | 1% |
| Meath | 16 | 2% |
| Monaghan | ≤5 | 0% |
| Offaly | 13 | 1% |
| Roscommon | ≤5 | 0% |
| Sligo | 8 | 1% |
| Tipperary | 20 | 2% |
| Waterford | 13 | 1% |
| Westmeath | 21 | 2% |
| Wexford | ≤5 | 0% |
| Wicklow | 28 | 3% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.