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An analysis of the 1,146 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Monday 23 March 2020)
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The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 1,146 cases notified as at midnight Monday, 23 March 2020:
The data reveals:
| Total number of cases | 1146 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 305 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 39 | |
| Total number of deaths | 7 | |
| Case fatality rate | 0.6 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 283 | |
| Number clusters notified | 63 | |
| Median age | 45 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 522 | 45 |
| Male | 624 | 55 |
| Total | 1146 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 - 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 - 14 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 - 24 | 94 | 8 |
| 25 - 34 | 228 | 20 |
| 35 - 44 | 214 | 18 |
| 45 - 54 | 229 | 20 |
| 55 - 64 | 165 | 14 |
| 65+ | 207 | 18 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 1146 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
| Community transmission | 29% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 15% |
| Travel Abroad | 18% |
| Under investigation | 38% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 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.
| Travel related | 67 | 25% |
| No foreign travel | 180 | 64% |
| Under investigation | 36 | 13% |
| Total | 283 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
| <5 | 2 | 1% |
| 5 - 14 | 2 | 1% |
| 15 - 24 | 15 | 5% |
| 25 - 34 | 38 | 13% |
| 35 - 44 | 27 | 9% |
| 45 - 54 | 57 | 19% |
| 55 - 64 | 50 | 16% |
| 65+ | 114 | 37% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0% |
| Cavan | ≤5 | 1% |
| Clare | 12 | 1% |
| Cork | 133 | 12% |
| Donegal | 11 | 1% |
| Dublin | 659 | 57% |
| Galway | 40 | 3% |
| Kerry | 33 | 3% |
| Kildare | 34 | 3% |
| Kilkenny | 16 | 1% |
| Laois | 9 | 1% |
| Leitrim | ≤5 | 0% |
| Limerick | 19 | 2% |
| Longford | ≤5 | 1% |
| Louth | 18 | 2% |
| Mayo | 9 | 1% |
| Meath | 24 | 2% |
| Monaghan | ≤5 | 0% |
| Offaly | 13 | 1% |
| Roscommon | ≤5 | 0% |
| Sligo | 8 | 1% |
| Tipperary | 20 | 2% |
| Waterford | 15 | 1% |
| Westmeath | 25 | 2% |
| Wexford | 7 | 0% |
| Wicklow | 39 | 3% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 23 March.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.