Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 5 October
- Foilsithe: 5 Deireadh Fómhair 2020
- An t-eolas is déanaí: 8 Deireadh Fómhair 2020
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 1,810 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 4 October the HPSC has been notified of 518 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 38,549* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 confirmed case. The figure of 38,549 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 252 are men and 266 are women
- 68% are under 45 years of age
- 30% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 78 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 134 are in Dublin, 53 in Cork, 49 in Limerick, 34 in Donegal, 32 in Meath and the remaining 216 cases are spread across 20 counties
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"We have seen in recent days a significant and concerning deterioration in the epidemiological situation nationally.
"It is vital that we do everything in our power now to arrest the current trajectory nationally and very substantially suppress the virus back down to a low level of transmission in advance of the winter months.
"Do not become distracted from the core public health messages; wash hands regularly, keep your distance, wear face coverings where appropriate, avoid crowded environments, cut your social contacts down to minimum levels, know the symptoms and isolate yourself and contact your GP immediately if you experience them."
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Our core priorities have to be protected. We must work together to keep our non-COVID health services open, keep our children in education and protect the lives of the most vulnerable to this disease.
"Solidarity is now more important than ever as we work to once again suppress this virus in our communities."
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
ENDS
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 38,031 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,678 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 475 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,557 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 9,342 |
| Number clusters notified | 4,443 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 21,098 |
| Median age | 43 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Female | 20,789 | +167 |
| Male | 17,204 | +195 |
| Unknown | 38 | +1 |
| Total | 38,031 | +363 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 583 | +12 |
| 5 - 14 | 1,281 | +19 |
| 15 - 24 | 4,789 | +95 |
| 25 - 34 | 6,709 | +87 |
| 35 - 44 | 6,430 | +55 |
| 45 - 54 | 6,279 | +40 |
| 55 - 64 | 4,399 | +35 |
| 65 - 74 | 2,432 | +12 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,588 | +6 |
| 85+ | 2,517 | +2 |
| Unknown | 24 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 28.4 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.5 |
| Travel abroad | 2.2 |
| Unknown | 1.9 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.
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 close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 34 | +1 |
| 5 - 14 | 27 | +1 |
| 15 - 24 | 103 | +3 |
| 25 - 34 | 230 | +9 |
| 35 - 44 | 300 | +3 |
| 45 - 54 | 492 | -1 |
| 55 - 64 | 548 | +5 |
| 65 - 74 | 655 | +2 |
| 75 - 84 | 793 | +2 |
| 85+ | 495 | No change |
| Unknown | 1 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.
Cases by county
Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 300 | +1 |
| Cavan | 985 | +5 |
| Clare | 643 | +17 |
| Cork | 2,354 | +55 |
| Donegal | 1,102 | +31 |
| Dublin | 17,821 | +101 |
| Galway | 837 | +23 |
| Kerry | 436 | +10 |
| Kildare | 2,663 | +6 |
| Kilkenny | 483 | +6 |
| Laois | 497 | +4 |
| Leitrim | 122 | +3 |
| Limerick | 1038 | +24 |
| Longford | 377 | +2 |
| Louth | 1,070 | +4 |
| Mayo | 665 | +5 |
| Meath | 1,115 | +5 |
| Monaghan | 711 | +2 |
| Offaly | 754 | +6 |
| Roscommon | 490 | +13 |
| Sligo | 204 | +14 |
| Tipperary | 823 | +8 |
| Waterford | 352 | +4 |
| Westmeath | 798 | +2 |
| Wexford | 422 | +4 |
| Wicklow | 969 | +8 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 3 October.