Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 11 December

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)

• All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.

• 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.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 9 December.