Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 11 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 11 December 2020
- Last updated on: 11 December 2020
- Hospital statistics
- Gender of patients
- Age range affected
- How COVID-19 is spreading
- Hospitalised cases by age group
- Cases by county
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,120 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 11 December, the HPSC has been notified of 313 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 75,507* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 9 confirmed cases. The figure of 75,507 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 144 are men and 169 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 70 in Dublin, 31 in Mayo, 21 in Kilkenny, 19 in Donegal, 18 in Laois and the remaining 154 cases are spread across 19 other counties
As of 2pm today, 197 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 35 are in ICU. There have been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 10 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 10/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 10/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 10/12/20) |
| Ireland | 313 | 81.2 | 3,869 |
| Donegal | 19 | 229.9 | 366 |
| Kilkenny | 21 | 194.5 | 193 |
| Louth | 14 | 159.8 | 206 |
| Carlow | 14 | 156.3 | 89 |
| Monaghan | 6 | 138.5 | 85 |
| Limerick | 16 | 124.7 | 243 |
| Wicklow | 5 | 117.3 | 167 |
| Longford | 16 | 115 | 47 |
| Mayo | 31 | 98.8 | 129 |
| Dublin | 70 | 91.2 | 1,229 |
| Waterford | 6 | 81.8 | 95 |
| Cavan | 6 | 80.1 | 61 |
| Tipperary | 5 | 79 | 126 |
| Laois | 18 | 66.1 | 56 |
| Offaly | <5 | 64.1 | 50 |
| Galway | 14 | 63.6 | 164 |
| Kildare | 7 | 54.4 | 121 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 52.7 | 34 |
| Meath | 6 | 50.8 | 99 |
| Sligo | 7 | 39.7 | 26 |
| Clare | <5 | 34.5 | 41 |
| Westmeath | 8 | 28.2 | 25 |
| Wexford | <5 | 26.7 | 40 |
| Cork | 12 | 26.2 | 142 |
| Kerry | 0 | 20.3 | 30 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 15.6 | 5 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 75,195 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,392 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 641 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,861 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,399 |
| Number clusters notified | 10,048 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 41,965 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 35,445 |
| Female | 39,716 |
| Unknown | 34 |
| Total | 75,195 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,997 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,937 |
| 15 - 24 | 13,077 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,614 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,791 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,338 |
| 55 - 64 | 8,026 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,323 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,771 |
| 85+ | 3,293 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 29.8 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.8 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but 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 close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 59 |
| 5 - 14 | 52 |
| 15 - 24 | 173 |
| 25 - 34 | 336 |
| 35 - 44 | 425 |
| 45 - 54 | 671 |
| 55 - 64 | 773 |
| 65 - 74 | 980 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,191 |
| 85+ | 730 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 696 | +10 |
| Cavan | 2,235 | +10 |
| Clare | 1,522 | +3 |
| Cork | 6,483 | +9 |
| Donegal | 3,226 | +27 |
| Dublin | 27,956 | +76 |
| Galway | 2,768 | +13 |
| Kerry | 1,352 | +1 |
| Kildare | 4,181 | +12 |
| Kilkenny | 1,167 | +14 |
| Laois | 1,016 | +2 |
| Leitrim | 270 | +1 |
| Limerick | 2,946 | +6 |
| Longford | 678 | +4 |
| Louth | 2,297 | +25 |
| Mayo | 1,522 | +11 |
| Meath | 3,475 | +15 |
| Monaghan | 1,311 | +8 |
| Offaly | 1,201 | No change |
| Roscommon | 966 | +2 |
| Sligo | 758 | +4 |
| Tipperary | 1,610 | +18 |
| Waterford | 1,105 | +14 |
| Westmeath | 1,552 | No change |
| Wexford | 1,232 | +5 |
| Wicklow | 1,670 | +12 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.