Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 26 April

From: Department of Health
Published on: 26 April 2020
Last updated on: 26 April 2020

Cases as at Friday, 24 April 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 (HPSC) has today been informed that a total of 26 people with COVID-19 have died, of which 23 were laboratory confirmed (Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 deaths. The figure of 1,087 deaths reflects this.)

There have now been a total of 1,087* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 1pm Sunday 26 April, the HPSC has been notified of 701 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 19,262 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

Cases as at Friday, 24 April 2020

The data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Friday 24 April (18,431 cases), reveals:

57% are female and 42% are male
the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
2,576 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 349 cases have been admitted to ICU
5,064 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,224 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,110 cases (6%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 63%, close contact accounts for 33%, travel abroad accounts for 4%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	18,431
Total number hospitalised	2,576
Total number admitted to ICU	349
Total number of deaths	882
Total number of healthcare workers	5,064
Number clusters notified	601
Cases associated with clusters	5,222
Median age	49

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	10,570	57.3
Male	7,797	42.3
Unknown	64	0.3
Total	18,431

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	30	0.2
1 - 4	63	0.3
5 - 14	184	1
15 - 24	1,193	6.5
25 - 34	2,977	16.2
35 - 44	3,181	17.3
45 - 54	3,403	18.5
55 - 64	2,513	13.6
65+	4,862	26.4
Unknown	25	0.1

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	63%
Close contact with confirmed case	33%
Travel Abroad	4%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 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.

Hospitalised cases by age group

Age range	Number of cases	Percentage of total
<5	14	0.5
5 - 14	8	0.3
15 - 24	53	2.1
25 - 34	156	6.1
35 - 44	218	8.5
45 - 54	350	13.6
55 - 64	392	15.2
65+	1382	53.6
Unknown	3	0.1

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.

Cases by county

Carlow	91	0.5%
Cavan	574	3.1%
Clare	209	1.1%
Cork	1110	6%
Donegal	446	2.4%
Dublin	9224	50%
Galway	332	1.8%
Kerry	277	1.5%
Kildare	1028	5.6%
Kilkenny	230	1.2%
Laois	205	1.1%
Leitrim	64	0.3%
Limerick	442	2.4%
Longford	124	0.7%
Louth	597	3.2%
Mayo	435	2.4%
Meath	613	3.3%
Monaghan	350	1.9%
Offaly	225	1.2%
Roscommon	116	0.6%
Sligo	104	0.6%
Tipperary	346	1.9%
Waterford	135	0.7%
Westmeath	437	2.4%
Wexford	156	0.8%
Wicklow	568	3.0%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 24 April 2020.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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