Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 27 October

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 1,890 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Monday 26 October the HPSC has been notified of 720 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 58,767* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 20 confirmed cases. The figure of 58,767 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

• 348 are men and 371 are women
• 65% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 32 years old
• 228 in Dublin, 130 in Cork, 47 in Galway, 31 in Meath, 27 in Limerick and the remaining 257 cases are spread across another 20 counties

As of 2pm today, 341 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 29 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.

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Notes

For more information on self-isolation from the HSE, click here. Watch a video on how and when to self-isolate with Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan here.

For more information on restricting your movements from the HSE, click here. Watch a video on how and when to restrict your movements with Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Heather Burns here.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 26 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

Note:

The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.

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 close contact.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.

Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 25 October.