Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 30 December
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,226 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday 29 December, the HPSC has been notified of 1,718 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 90,157 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 455 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. There have been 60 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Ireland is no longer in a containment phase and is once again in a mitigation phase. Given the current levels of transmission in the community, every individual should consider themselves potentially infectious.
"It is essential that we all limit our contacts to our own household now, restrict our movements and do not give COVID-19 any further opportunities to spread.
"Everyone needs to stay at home other than for essential work or care. This is not the time to be visiting other houses."
Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of the NPHET Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said:
"The reproduction number remains very high and is currently estimated at 1.6 – 1.8. The growth rate is estimated to be 7-10% per day with a doubling time of 7-10 days.
"We must take action immediately to prevent an almost unimaginable scenario, where case numbers in 7 to 10 days time are twice what they are today. Stay at home."
ENDS
County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 29/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 29/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 29/12/20) |
Ireland | 1,718 | 272.7 | 12,987 |
Donegal | 150 | 520.1 | 828 |
Monaghan | 44 | 514.8 | 316 |
Louth | 155 | 497.3 | 641 |
Limerick | 83 | 406.4 | 792 |
Wexford | 53 | 381.4 | 571 |
Kilkenny | 57 | 310.4 | 308 |
Dublin | 358 | 308.5 | 4,157 |
Cavan | 66 | 298.0 | 227 |
Kerry | 30 | 295.2 | 436 |
Sligo | 32 | 271.6 | 178 |
Meath | 96 | 269.2 | 525 |
Laois | 23 | 237.3 | 201 |
Carlow | 19 | 237.1 | 135 |
Cork | 164 | 234.7 | 1,274 |
Mayo | 66 | 209.2 | 273 |
Kildare | 44 | 203.6 | 453 |
Waterford | 26 | 185.9 | 216 |
Galway | 112 | 183.3 | 473 |
Clare | 40 | 180.1 | 214 |
Westmeath | 29 | 167.8 | 149 |
Wicklow | 20 | 141.8 | 202 |
Roscommon | 7 | 123.9 | 80 |
Tipperary | 23 | 115.3 | 184 |
Offaly | 14 | 106.5 | 83 |
Longford | <5 | 100.3 | 41 |
Leitrim | <5 | 93.6 | 30 |
Total number of cases | 88,439 |
Total number hospitalised | 5,932 |
Total number admitted to ICU | 671 |
Total number of deaths | 1,965 |
Total number of healthcare workers | 13,316 |
Number clusters notified | 10,623 |
Cases associated with clusters | 44,605 |
Median age | 38 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.
Gender | Number of cases |
Male | 41,998 |
Female | 46,373 |
Unknown | 68 |
Total | 88,439 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.
Age range | Number of cases |
0 - 4 | 2,468 |
5 - 14 | 6,084 |
15 - 24 | 15,505 |
25 - 34 | 15,120 |
35 - 44 | 13,900 |
45 - 54 | 13,176 |
55 - 64 | 9,445 |
65 - 74 | 4,977 |
75 - 84 | 4,199 |
85+ | 3,535 |
Unknown | 30 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.
Transmission classification | % |
Community transmission | 32.2 |
Close contact with confirmed case | 63.4 |
Travel abroad | 1.3 |
Unknown | 3.2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn't been abroad or had a known 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.
Age range | Number of cases |
0 - 4 | 60 |
5 - 14 | 63 |
15 - 24 | 217 |
25 - 34 | 375 |
35 - 44 | 468 |
45 - 54 | 739 |
55 - 64 | 846 |
65 - 74 | 1,056 |
75 - 84 | 1,305 |
85+ | 801 |
Unknown | 2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.
County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
Carlow | 852 | +5 |
Cavan | 2,467 | +26 |
Clare | 1,705 | +20 |
Cork | 7,667 | +203 |
Donegal | 4,080 | +85 |
Dublin | 32,323 | +444 |
Galway | 3,178 | +43 |
Kerry | 1,808 | +57 |
Kildare | 4,670 | +59 |
Kilkenny | 1,501 | +19 |
Laois | 1,270 | +38 |
Leitrim | 302 | +3 |
Limerick | 3,764 | +87 |
Longford | 749 | +6 |
Louth | 2,912 | +111 |
Mayo | 1,824 | +69 |
Meath | 3,969 | +65 |
Monaghan | 1,612 | +56 |
Offaly | 1,298 | +17 |
Roscommon | 1,052 | +11 |
Sligo | 928 | +15 |
Tipperary | 1,810 | +12 |
Waterford | 1,321 | +16 |
Westmeath | 1,682 | +27 |
Wexford | 1,814 | +33 |
Wicklow | 1,881 | +19 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 28 December.