Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 26 November

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,036 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Wednesday 25 November, the HPSC has been notified of 335 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 71,494* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 28 confirmed cases. The figure of 71,494 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 162 are men and 171 are women
• 64% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 35 years old
• 119 in Dublin, 29 in Kilkenny, 23 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 19 in Tipperary, 19 in Cork, with the remaining 106 spread across 19 other counties

As of 2pm today, 246 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 35 are in ICU. There have been 15 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 25 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.

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 Tuesday 24 November.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.