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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 1 November


The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 1,915 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Saturday 31 October the HPSC has been notified of 552 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 62,002* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 62,002 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

  • 275 are men and 275 are women
  • 63% are under 45 years of age
  • the median age is 36 years old
  • 173 in Dublin, 86 in Cork, 40 in Limerick, 30 in Donegal and the remaining 223 cases are across all other counties

As of 2pm today, 330 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 47 are in ICU. There have been 17 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 31 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County
Today’s Cases (to midnight 31/10/20)
14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 31/10/20)
New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 31/10/20)
Ireland
552
253.5
12,069
Cavan
<5
590.7
450
Meath
20
474.3
925
Sligo
9
360.1
236
Westmeath
11
321.1
285
Donegal
30
321.0
511
Cork
86
305.2
1,657
Galway
7
297.6
768
Louth
23
297.2
383
Monaghan
8
288.3
177
Limerick
40
269.4
525
Carlow
<5
268.7
153
Longford
7
247.1
101
Mayo
9
243.7
318
Kildare
23
240.5
536
Clare
15
229.8
273
Kerry
12
221.4
327
Dublin
173
220.9
2,976
Laois
7
205.4
174
Roscommon
10
204.5
132
Waterford
<5
204.0
237
Wexford
8
173.7
260
Offaly
<5
162.9
127
Kilkenny
8
132.0
131
Tipperary
23
130.4
208
Wicklow
13
115.9
165
Leitrim
<5
106.1
34

Note:

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

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases
61,450
Total number hospitalised
4,397
Total number admitted to ICU
547
Total number of deaths
1,656
Total number of healthcare workers
10,493
Number clusters notified
6,678
Cases associated with clusters
29,486
Median age
39
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

Gender of patients

Gender
Number of cases
Male
28,792
Female
32,622
Unknown
36
Total
61,450
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

Age range affected

Age range
Number of cases
0 - 4
1,398
5 - 14
3,377
15 - 24
10,686
25 - 34
10,439
35 - 44
9,647
45 - 54
9,409
55 - 64
6,787
65 - 74
3,586
75 - 84
3,197
85+
2,894
Unknown
30
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification
%
Community transmission
30.7
Close contact with confirmed case
60.4
Travel abroad
1.5
Unknown
7.3
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

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.

Hospitalised cases by age group

Age range
Number of cases
0 - 4
45
5 - 14
40
15 - 24
132
25 - 34
276
35 - 44
353
45 - 54
569
55 - 64
658
65 - 74
787
75 - 84
949
85+
586
Unknown
2
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

Cases by county

County
Number of cases
Change since the day before
Carlow
535
+8
Cavan
2,050
+9
Clare
1,287
+8
Cork
5,413
+62
Donegal
2,130
+24
Dublin
23,622
+87
Galway
2,300
+37
Kerry
1,066
+3
Kildare
3,721
+4
Kilkenny
750
+7
Laois
813
+6
Leitrim
228
No change
Limerick
2,003
+5
Longford
568
+4
Louth
1,672
+8
Mayo
1,172
+41
Meath
2,929
+11
Monaghan
1,110
No change
Offaly
1,035
+3
Roscommon
755
+2
Sligo
621
+12
Tipperary
1,185
+25
Waterford
738
+22
Westmeath
1,374
+7
Wexford
1,081
+5
Wicklow
1,292
+10
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 30 October.

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