Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 9 January
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 9 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,336 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 8 January, the HPSC has been notified of 4,842 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 140,727* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the reclassification of 1 probable case to confirmed. The figure 140,727 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 1,293 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 119 are in ICU. There have been 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
ENDS
County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 8/1/21) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 8/1/21) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 8/1/21) |
Ireland | 4,842 | 1162.2 | 55,344 |
Monaghan | 135 | 2296.9 | 1,410 |
Louth | 247 | 2008.8 | 2,589 |
Limerick | 198 | 1660.9 | 3.237 |
Waterford | 514 | 1386.7 | 1,611 |
Cavan | 93 | 1378.4 | 1,050 |
Dublin | 1,049 | 1340.7 | 19,064 |
Donegal | 149 | 1308.5 | 2,083 |
Cork | 530 | 1206 | 6,547 |
Clare | 110 | 1198.5 | 1,424 |
Wexford | 405 | 1191.5 | 1,784 |
Mayo | 197 | 1111.1 | 1,450 |
Carlow | 122 | 1108.3 | 631 |
Sligo | 44 | 1084.9 | 711 |
Meath | 177 | 1033.6 | 2,016 |
Kilkenny | 235 | 1013.8 | 1,006 |
Kerry | 75 | 949.2 | 1,402 |
Kildare | 71 | 875 | 1,947 |
Offaly | 6 | 819.6 | 639 |
Longford | 9 | 797.6 | 326 |
Laois | 6 | 722.6 | 612 |
Roscommon | 85 | 708 | 457 |
Galway | 207 | 688.6 | 1,777 |
Leitrim | 10 | 652.2 | 209 |
Westmeath | 11 | 639/9 | 568 |
Tipperary | 118 | 638.7 | 1,019 |
Wicklow | 39 | 544.1 | 775 |
Total number of cases | 135,885 |
Total number hospitalised | 6,978 |
Total number admitted to ICU | 759 |
Total number of deaths | 2,075 |
Total number of healthcare workers | 13,504 |
Number clusters notified | 10,963 |
Cases associated with clusters | 46,190 |
Median age | 37 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 7 January.
Gender | Number of cases |
Male | 64,613 |
Female | 71,090 |
Unknown | 182 |
Total | 135,885 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 7 January.
Age range | Number of cases |
0 - 4 | 3,465 |
5 - 14 | 8,563 |
15 - 24 | 24,927 |
25 - 34 | 24,647 |
35 - 44 | 21,430 |
45 - 54 | 20,207 |
55 - 64 | 15,326 |
65 - 74 | 7,553 |
75 - 84 | 5,452 |
85+ | 4,278 |
Unknown | 37 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 7 January.
Transmission classification | % |
Community transmission | 47.4 |
Close contact with confirmed case | 42.6 |
Travel abroad | 0.9 |
Unknown | 9.2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 7 January.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn't been abroad or had a known 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.
Age range | Number of cases |
0 - 4 | 74 |
5 - 14 | 70 |
15 - 24 | 271 |
25 - 34 | 471 |
35 - 44 | 557 |
45 - 54 | 848 |
55 - 64 | 979 |
65 - 74 | 1,252 |
75 - 84 | 1,506 |
85+ | 948 |
Unknown | 2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 7 January.