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An analysis of the 712 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Friday 20 March 2020)
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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 those for whom transmission status is known:
| 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 | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 311 | 44 |
| Male | 393 | 55 |
| Unknown | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 712 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
| 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.
| 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.
| Travel related | 42 | 26% |
| No foreign travel | 106 | 67% |
| Under investigation | 11 | 7% |
| Total | 159 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
| <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.
| 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'.