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An analysis of the 965 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Sunday 22 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 24 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 965 cases notified as at midnight Sunday, 22 March 2020:

The data reveals:

55% are male and 45% are female, with 44 clusters involving 243 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 45 years
277 cases (29%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 36 cases have been admitted to ICU
247 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 535, (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 123 cases (13%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 47%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 31%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	965
Total number hospitalised	277
Total number admitted to ICU	36
Total number of deaths	6
Case fatality rate	0.6
Total number of healthcare workers	247
Number clusters notified	44
Median age	45

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	431	45
Male	534	55
Total	965

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	3	0
1 - 4	2	0
5 - 14	17	2
15 - 24	77	8
25 - 34	189	20
35 - 44	183	19
45 - 54	191	20
55 - 64	136	14
65+	165	17
Unknown	2	0
Total	965

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	45%
Close contact with confirmed case	24%
Travel Abroad	31%

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 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	62	25%
No foreign travel	156	63%
Under investigation	29	12%
Total	247

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	2	1%
5 - 14	2	1%
15 - 24	15	5%
25 - 34	36	13%
35 - 44	26	9%
45 - 54	52	18%
55 - 64	43	16%
65+	101	37%

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0%
Cavan	≤5	1%
Clare	11	1%
Cork	123	13%
Donegal	11	1%
Dublin	535	56%
Galway	35	4%
Kerry	15	1%
Kildare	25	3%
Kilkenny	16	2%
Laois	8	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	19	2%
Longford	≤5	1%
Louth	16	2%
Mayo	9	1%
Meath	16	2%
Monaghan	≤5	0%
Offaly	13	1%
Roscommon	≤5	0%
Sligo	8	1%
Tipperary	20	2%
Waterford	13	1%
Westmeath	21	2%
Wexford	≤5	0%
Wicklow	28	3%

All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 22 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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