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An analysis of the 1,639 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Wednesday 25 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 27 March 2020
Last updated on: 24 September 2020

Hospital statistics
Gender of patients
Age range affected
How COVID-19 is spreading
Healthcare workers
Hospitalised cases by age group
Cases by county

The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 1,639 cases notified as at midnight Wednesday, 25 March 2020:

The data reveals:

54% are male and 46% are female, with 79 clusters involving 317 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 46 years
419 cases (26%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 59 cases have been admitted to ICU
375 cases (23%) are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 922, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 171 cases (10%)
of those for whom transmission status is known; community transmission accounts for 52%, close contact accounts for 22%, travel abroad accounts for 26%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	1639
Total number hospitalised	419
Total number admitted to ICU	59
Case fatality rate	1.3
Total number of healthcare workers	375
Number clusters notified	79
Median age	46

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	760	46
Male	879	54
Total	1639

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	3	0
1 - 4	7	0
5 - 14	25	2
15 - 24	123	8
25 - 34	310	19
35 - 44	305	19
45 - 54	320	20
55 - 64	233	14
65+	307	19
Unknown	3	0
Total	1383

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	28%
Close contact with confirmed case	12%
Travel Abroad	15%
Under investigation	45%

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

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 local transmission.

Healthcare workers

Travel related	77	25%
No foreign travel	229	64%
Under investigation	69	13%
Total	375

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	3	1%
5 - 14	3	1%
15 - 24	17	4%
25 - 34	45	11%
35 - 44	40	10%
45 - 54	70	17%
55 - 64	71	17%
65+	169	40%

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0%
Cavan	9	1%
Clare	26	2%
Cork	171	10%
Donegal	15	1%
Dublin	922	56%
Galway	57	4%
Kerry	44	3%
Kildare	45	3%
Kilkenny	20	1%
Laois	10	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	36	2%
Longford	≤5	1%
Louth	24	2%
Mayo	18	1%
Meath	33	2%
Monaghan	≤5	0%
Offaly	19	1%
Roscommon	7	0%
Sligo	8	1%
Tipperary	34	2%
Waterford	25	2%
Westmeath	39	2%
Wexford	9	1%
Wicklow	52	4%

All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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