Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 3 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 3 December 2020
- Last updated on: 4 December 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 notified of 6 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 2,080 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 2 December, the HPSC has been notified of 183 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 73,228* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 21 confirmed cases. The figure of 73,228 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 82 are men and 101 are women
- 60% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 36 years old
- 56 in Dublin, 26 in Donegal, 13 in Limerick, 11 in Kilkenny, 11 in Monaghan and the remaining 66 cases are spread across 15 other counties
As of 2pm today, 239 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 32 are in ICU. There have been 10 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 2 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
Note:
Ireland’s current 7-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 36.9.
Hospital statistics
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.
Gender of patients
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.
Age range affected
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.
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
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.
Cases by county
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 1 December.