Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 25 April

From: Department of Health
Published on: 25 April 2020
Last updated on: 25 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 has today been informed that a total of 52 people with COVID-19 have died, of which 42 were laboratory confirmed.

There have now been a total of 1,063* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of 1pm Saturday 25 April, the HPSC has been notified of 377 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 18,561 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.

Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Thursday 23 April (17,975 cases), reveals:

57% are female and 43% are male
the median age of confirmed cases is 49 years
2,536 cases (14%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 344 cases have been admitted to ICU
4,847 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 9,010 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,103 cases (6%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 48%, close contact accounts for 48%, travel abroad accounts for 4%

ENDS

Notes to the Editor:

Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 deaths. The figure of 1,063 deaths reflects this.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	17,975
Total number hospitalised	2,536
Total number admitted to ICU	344
Total number of deaths	859
Total number of healthcare workers	4,847
Number clusters notified	567
Cases associated with clusters	4,979
Median age	49

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 April 2020.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	10,261	57.1
Male	7,656	42.6
Unknown	58	0.3
Total	17,975

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 April 2020.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	30	0.2
1 - 4	63	0.4
5 - 14	181	1
15 - 24	1,161	6.5
25 - 34	2,904	16.2
35 - 44	3,119	17.4
45 - 54	3,346	18.6
55 - 64	2,462	13.7
65+	4,685	26.1
Unknown	24	0.1

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 April 2020.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	63.4%
Close contact with confirmed case	32.9%
Travel Abroad	3.7%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 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	0.6
5 - 14	8	0.3
15 - 24	53	2.1
25 - 34	157	6.2
35 - 44	216	8.5
45 - 54	345	13.6
55 - 64	385	15.2
65+	1028	40.5
Unknown	330	13

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 April 2020.

Cases by county

Carlow	88	0.5%
Cavan	536	3%
Clare	207	1.2%
Cork	1103	6.1%
Donegal	437	2.4%
Dublin	9010	50.1%
Galway	332	1.8%
Kerry	276	1.5%
Kildare	1003	5.6%
Kilkenny	229	1.3%
Laois	204	1.1%
Leitrim	62	0.3%
Limerick	441	2.5%
Longford	113	0.6%
Louth	590	3.3%
Mayo	395	2.2%
Meath	578	3.2%
Monaghan	327	1.8%
Offaly	222	1.2%
Roscommon	114	0.6%
Sligo	104	0.6%
Tipperary	345	1.9%
Waterford	129	0.7%
Westmeath	421	2.3%
Wexford	151	0.8%
Wicklow	558	3.1%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 23 April 2020.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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