Press release

Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 8 October

From: Department of Health
Published on: 8 October 2020
Last updated on: 8 October 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 1 additional death related to COVID-19.

There has been a total of 1,817 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Wednesday 7 October the HPSC has been notified of 506 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 40,086* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 4 confirmed cases. The figure of 40,086 confirmed cases reflects this.)

Of the cases notified today:

240 are men / 265 are women
64% are under 45 years of age
39% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
59 cases have been identified as community transmission
91 in Dublin, 76 in Cork, 53 in Donegal, 42 in Meath and the remaining 244 cases are located across 21 counties

The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.

The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.

ENDS

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	39,580
Total number hospitalised	3,729
Total number admitted to ICU	482
Total number of deaths	1,564
Total number of healthcare workers	9,490
Number clusters notified	4,651
Cases associated with clusters	21,821
Median age	43

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number of cases	Change since the day before
Female	21,568	+303
Male	17,972	+302
Unknown	40	+2
Total	39,580	+607

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

Age range affected

Age range	Number of cases	Change since the day before
0 - 4	624	+18
5 - 14	1,393	+40
15 - 24	5,181	+151
25 - 34	6,938	+91
35 - 44	6,633	+59
45 - 54	6,489	+71
55 - 64	4,575	+77
65 - 74	2,508	+36
75 - 84	2,650	+31
85+	2,565	+33
Unknown	24	No change

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification	%
Community transmission	27.8
Close contact with confirmed case	68
Travel abroad	2.2
Unknown	2

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

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 close contact.

Hospitalised cases by age group

Age range	Number of cases	Change since the day before
0 - 4	35	+1
5 - 14	27	No change
15 - 24	105	+3
25 - 34	227	+4
35 - 44	303	+3
45 - 54	499	+3
55 - 64	562	+3
65 - 74	663	+2
75 - 84	808	+6
85+	499	+3
Unknown	1	No change

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

Cases by county

Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.

County	Number of cases	Change since the day before
Carlow	302	+1
Cavan	1029	+8
Clare	727	+20
Cork	2,507	+63
Donegal	1,246	+60
Dublin	18,278	+217
Galway	901	+35
Kerry	466	+3
Kildare	2,724	+33
Kilkenny	495	+9
Laois	517	+8
Leitrim	124	+2
Limerick	1118	+21
Longford	388	+1
Louth	1,106	+5
Mayo	681	+6
Meath	1,190	+21
Monaghan	764	+19
Offaly	781	+3
Roscommon	513	+13
Sligo	229	+11
Tipperary	849	+5
Waterford	362	+1
Westmeath	823	+8
Wexford	469	+23
Wicklow	991	+11

All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 6 October.

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