Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 25 September
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 25 September 2020
- Last updated on: 26 September 2020
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 1,797 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 23 September, the HPSC has been notified of 326 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 34,315* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 34,315 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 162 are men and 152 are women
- 69% are under 45 years of age
- 33% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 49 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 152 cases are in Dublin, 32 in Cork, 22 in Donegal, 21 in Galway, 15 in Meath, 11 in Kildare, 9 in Kerry, 8 in Louth, 8 in Westmeath, 6 in Limerick, 6 in Mayo, 6 in Tipperary and 5 in Wexford, with the remaining 25 cases in 8 counties
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"Today I am asking people everywhere but particularly in Donegal and Dublin to pay special attention to the public health advice.
"I ask every individual to take personal responsibility to prioritise who you need to see, limit the size of your social network and reduce your social contacts over the coming days and weeks.
"Because while there is every chance that other areas will have to move to Level 3, there is nothing inevitable about it. We have seen previously how people working together can turn the tide on this virus and bring increasing trajectories back under control.
"Know how valuable your individual actions are. Your choices and your actions are part of how we will succeed."
ENDS
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 33,988 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,560 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 468 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,540 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 9,091 |
| Number clusters notified | 3,795 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 19,064 |
| Median age | 44 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Female | 18,777 | +153 |
| Male | 15,182 | +166 |
| Unknown | 29 | No change |
| Total | 33,988 | +319 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 479 | +8 |
| 5 - 14 | 1,020 | +20 |
| 15 - 24 | 3,767 | +66 |
| 25 - 34 | 5,950 | +54 |
| 35 - 44 | 5,829 | +55 |
| 45 - 54 | 5,734 | +55 |
| 55 - 64 | 3,993 | +30 |
| 65 - 74 | 2,230 | +14 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,492 | +13 |
| 85+ | 2,469 | +4 |
| Unknown | 25 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 28.8 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.8 |
| Travel abroad | 2.4 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.
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 | 28 | No change |
| 5 - 14 | 18 | No change |
| 15 - 24 | 91 | No change |
| 25 - 34 | 214 | No change |
| 35 - 44 | 288 | No change |
| 45 - 54 | 481 | +1 |
| 55 - 64 | 530 | +2 |
| 65 - 74 | 633 | +2 |
| 75 - 84 | 781 | +2 |
| 85+ | 495 | +1 |
| Unknown | 1 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.
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 | 279 | +1 |
| Cavan | 927 | +8 |
| Clare | 540 | +1 |
| Cork | 1,896 | +34 |
| Donegal | 791 | +41 |
| Dublin | 16,142 | +162 |
| Galway | 654 | +4 |
| Kerry | 371 | No change |
| Kildare | 2,518 | +12 |
| Kilkenny | 446 | +2 |
| Laois | 436 | No change |
| Leitrim | 114 | +1 |
| Limerick | 916 | +6 |
| Longford | 325 | No change |
| Louth | 1,001 | +4 |
| Mayo | 635 | +1 |
| Meath | 1,008 | +6 |
| Monaghan | 619 | +13 |
| Offaly | 704 | +4 |
| Roscommon | 409 | +6 |
| Sligo | 170 | No change |
| Tipperary | 763 | +1 |
| Waterford | 325 | -1 |
| Westmeath | 749 | +4 |
| Wexford | 363 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 887 | +5 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 23 September.