Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Friday 4 September
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 4 September 2020
- Last updated on: 7 September 2020
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 1,777 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Thursday 3 September, the HPSC has been notified of 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 29,303* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. (*Validation of data at the HPSC resulted in the denotification of 1 case. The figure of 29,303 reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 48 are men and 50 are women
- 66% are under 45 years of age
- 42% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
- 9 cases have been identified as community transmission
- 24 are in Dublin, 13 in Kildare, 8 in Kerry, 6 in Kilkenny, 6 in Limerick, 6 in Louth, 5 in Tipperary and the remaining 30 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Galway, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Waterford and Wexford
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:
"As we head into another weekend, keep physical distance top of mind at all times. Have no more than 6 visitors to your home and keep 2 metres between you. Open windows and keep rooms well ventilated if possible.
"It’s important that we all keep our number of social contacts low while we focus on keeping our schools safe, continuing to resume healthcare services and ultimately protecting the most vulnerable from COVID-19."
ENDS
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 29,205 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,412 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 447 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,519 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 8,695 |
| Number clusters notified | 2,826 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 16,025 |
| Median age | 46 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 September.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | % of total |
| Female | 16,350 | 56 |
| Male | 12,827 | 43.9 |
| Unknown | 28 | 0.1 |
| Total | 29,205 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 September.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 307 |
| 5 - 14 | 612 |
| 15 - 24 | 2,694 |
| 25 - 34 | 5,109 |
| 35 - 44 | 5,105 |
| 45 - 54 | 5,087 |
| 55 - 64 | 3,545 |
| 65 - 74 | 1,947 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,372 |
| 85+ | 2,403 |
| Unknown | 24 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 September.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.1 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.7 |
| Travel abroad | 2.5 |
| Unknown | 0.8 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 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 |
| 0 - 4 | 25 |
| 5 - 14 | 19 |
| 15 - 24 | 80 |
| 25 - 34 | 210 |
| 35 - 44 | 278 |
| 45 - 54 | 458 |
| 55 - 64 | 503 |
| 65 - 74 | 598 |
| 75 - 84 | 759 |
| 85+ | 481 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 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 | % of total | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 251 | 0.9 | +2 |
| Cavan | 895 | 3.1 | No change |
| Clare | 474 | 1.6 | +1 |
| Cork | 1,645 | 5.6 | +2 |
| Donegal | 540 | 1.9 | No change |
| Dublin | 13,587 | 46.5 | +52 |
| Galway | 517 | 1.8 | No change |
| Kerry | 330 | 1.1 | +1 |
| Kildare | 2,280 | 7.8 | +6 |
| Kilkenny | 407 | 1.4 | +4 |
| Laois | 387 | 1.3 | +2 |
| Leitrim | 86 | 0.3 | No change |
| Limerick | 785 | 2.7 | +2 |
| Longford | 302 | 1 | +1 |
| Louth | 832 | 2.9 | +2 |
| Mayo | 589 | 2 | +1 |
| Meath | 911 | 3.1 | +6 |
| Monaghan | 573 | 2 | No change |
| Offaly | 629 | 2.2 | +3 |
| Roscommon | 364 | 1.3 | No change |
| Sligo | 157 | 0.5 | No change |
| Tipperary | 719 | 2.5 | +3 |
| Waterford | 200 | 0.7 | +3 |
| Westmeath | 694 | 2.4 | +2 |
| Wexford | 302 | 1 | +2 |
| Wicklow | 749 | 2.6 | -1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 2 September.