Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 7 January

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 10 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 2,307* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 deaths. The figure of 2,307 deaths reflects this.)

As of midnight Wednesday 6 January, the HPSC has been notified of 6,521 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 127,657 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

• 3,070 are men and 3,432 are women
• 62% are under 45 years of age
• the median age is 37 years old
• 2,174 in Dublin, 571 in Cork, 382 in Limerick, 342 in Waterford, 315 in Wexford and the remaining 2,737 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2pm today, 1,043 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 96 are in ICU. There have been 99 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

As of 7 January 2021, the reporting of cases on CIDR has caught up with the positive laboratory results. In the context of continuing high daily numbers of positive lab results, the lag period between positive lab results being issued and cases being reported on CIDR will generally be 24 to 48 hours. This is the expected time interval for processing and validation of laboratory results and generating cases on CIDR.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 6 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

• the 7-day incidence is 753.5 per 100,000 of population
• the 5-day moving average is 6,147

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 January.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 January.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 January.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 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.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 January.

• All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 5 January.

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