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An analysis of the 712 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Friday 20 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 22 March 2020
Last updated on: 28 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

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The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 712 cases notified as at midnight Friday, 20 March 2020:

The data reveals:

of the 712 cases notified, 55% are male and 44% are female, with 35 clusters involving 190 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 44 years
211 cases (30%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 17 cases have been admitted to ICU
159 cases (22%) are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 402, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 101 cases (14%)
there is now at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 in every county in Ireland

Of those for whom transmission status is known:

community transmission accounts for 44%
close contact accounts for 23%
travel abroad accounts for 33%.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	712
Total number hospitalised	211
Total number admitted to ICU	17
Total number of deaths	4
Case fatality rate	0.6
Total number of healthcare workers	159
Number clusters notified	35
Median age	44

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	311	44
Male	393	55
Unknown	8	1
Total	712

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	3	0
1 - 4	2	0
5 - 14	12	2
15 - 24	63	9
25 - 34	127	18
35 - 44	149	21
45 - 54	132	19
55 - 64	101	15
65+	122	17
Unknown	1	0
Total	712

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	44%
Close contact with confirmed case	23%
Travel Abroad	33%
Under investigation	258

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 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	42	26%
No foreign travel	106	67%
Under investigation	11	7%
Total	159

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	2	1%
5 - 14	2	1%
15 - 24	13	6%
25 - 34	27	13%
35 - 44	22	10%
45 - 54	40	18%
55 - 64	34	16%
65+	71	34%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0.4%
Cavan	≤5	1%
Clare	7	1%
Cork	101	14%
Donegal	≤5	1%
Dublin	402	57%
Galway	25	4%
Kerry	9	1%
Kildare	20	3%
Kilkenny	11	2%
Laois	6	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	15	2%
Longford	≤5	1%
Louth	11	2%
Mayo	≤5	0%
Meath	11	2%
Monaghan	≤5	0%
Offaly	9	1%
Roscommon	≤5	0%
Sligo	≤5	1%
Tipperary	8	1%
Waterford	9	1%
Westmeath	16	2%
Wexford	≤5	0%
Wicklow	22	3%

All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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