Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 7 August

From: Department of Health
Published on: 7 August 2020
Last updated on: 20 August 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 has today been informed that 4 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died.

There has now been a total of 1,772 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Thursday 6 August, the HPSC has been notified of 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 26,470 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

57 are men and 38 are women
68% are under 45 years of age
67 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
4 cases have been identified as community transmission
35 cases are located in Kildare, 26 in Offaly, 6 in Wexford, 5 in Laois, 5 in Dublin, and 21 are spread across ten other counties (Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Westmeath and Wicklow)

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

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

ENDS

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	26,372
Total number hospitalised	3,362
Total number admitted to ICU	438
Total number of deaths	1,514
Total number of healthcare workers	8,448
Number clusters notified	2,331
Cases associated with clusters	14,265
Median age	47

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number of cases	% of total
Female	14,982	56.8
Male	11,361	43.1
Unknown	29	0.1
Total	26,372

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

Age range affected

Age range	Number of cases
0 - 4	217
5 - 14	381
15 - 24	2062
25 - 34	4521
35 - 44	4632
45 - 54	4700
55 - 64	3306
65 - 74	1842
75 - 84	2313
85+	2377
Unknown	21

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification	%
Community transmission	31.2
Close contact with confirmed case	66.2
Travel abroad	2.5

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

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.

Hospitalised cases by age group

Age range	Number of cases
0 - 4	24
5 - 14	18
15 - 24	77
25 - 34	199
35 - 44	275
45 - 54	451
55 - 64	500
65 - 74	590
75 - 84	749
85+	478
Unknown	1

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

Cases by county

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.

County	Number of cases	% of total	Change since previous day
Carlow	180	0.7	No change
Cavan	878	3.3	No change
Clare	401	1.5	+2
Cork	1575	6	+3
Donegal	482	1.8	+1
Dublin	12569	47.7	+5
Galway	499	1.9	+1
Kerry	318	1.2	No change
Kildare	1680	6.4	+19
Kilkenny	357	1.4	No change
Laois	322	1.2	+8
Leitrim	85	0.3	No change
Limerick	616	2.3	+3
Longford	288	1.1	No change
Louth	797	3	+1
Mayo	583	2.2	No change
Meath	835	3.2	+1
Monaghan	542	2.1	No change
Offaly	523	2	+23
Roscommon	346	1.3	No change
Sligo	153	0.6	No change
Tipperary	546	2.1	No change
Waterford	166	0.6	No change
Westmeath	681	2.6	No change
Wexford	237	0.9	+2
Wicklow	713	2.7	No change

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 5 August.

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