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An analysis of the 1,904 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Thursday 26 March 2020)

From: Department of Health
Published on: 28 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 1,904 cases notified as at midnight Thursday, 26 March 2020:

The data reveals:

53% are male and 46% are female, with 91 clusters involving 351 cases
the median age of confirmed cases is 46 years
489 cases (26%) have been hospitalised
of those hospitalised, 67 cases have been admitted to ICU
445 cases are associated with healthcare workers
Dublin has the highest number of cases at 1070, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 184 cases (10%)
of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 52%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 25%

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases	1904
Total number hospitalised	489
Total number admitted to ICU	67
Total number of deaths	33
Case fatality rate	1.7
Total number of healthcare workers	445
Number clusters notified	91
Median age	46

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

Gender of patients

Gender	Number	% of Total
Female	888	47
Male	1010	53
Unknown	6	0
Total	1908

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

Age range affected

Age Group	Number	% of Total
<1	4	0
1 - 4	10	0
5 - 14	25	1
15 - 24	136	7
25 - 34	358	19
35 - 44	353	19
45 - 54	368	19
55 - 64	271	14
65+	373	20
Unknown	6	0

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Community transmission	25%
Close contact with confirmed case	12%
Travel Abroad	13%
Under investigation	55%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 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	85
No foreign travel	268
Under investigation	92
Total	445

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

Hospitalised cases by age group

<5	3	1%
5 - 14	3	1%
15 - 24	18	4%
25 - 34	48	10%
35 - 44	45	9%
45 - 54	85	17%
55 - 64	76	16%
65+	210	43%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

Cases by county

Carlow	≤5	0%
Cavan	11	1%
Clare	31	2%
Cork	184	10%
Donegal	15	1%
Dublin	1070	56%
Galway	63	3%
Kerry	47	3%
Kildare	56	3%
Kilkenny	29	1%
Laois	11	1%
Leitrim	≤5	0%
Limerick	46	2%
Longford	≤5	0%
Louth	27	2%
Mayo	21	1%
Meath	41	2%
Monaghan	8	0%
Offaly	22	1%
Roscommon	8	0%
Sligo	8	1%
Tipperary	44	2%
Waterford	29	2%
Westmeath	52	3%
Wexford	10	1%
Wicklow	58	3%

All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 26 March.

≤ means 'less than or equal to'.

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