Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 23 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 23 November 2020
- Last updated on: 24 November 2020
There have been no new deaths reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.
There has been a total of 2,022* COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 2,022 reflects this.)
As of midnight Sunday 22 November, the HPSC has been notified of 252 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 70,711* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 2 confirmed cases. The figure of 70,711 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 124 are men and 128 are women
- 65% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 34 years old
- 88 in Dublin, 26 in Cork, 21 in Kilkenny, 16 in Louth, 16 in Mayo with 85 spread across another 20 counties
As of 2pm today, 289 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU. There have been 11 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 22 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 22/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 22/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 22/11/20) |
| Ireland | 252 | 108.7 | 5,177 |
| Donegal | 13 | 227.4 | 362 |
| Louth | 16 | 211.8 | 273 |
| Limerick | 12 | 195.0 | 380 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 158.0 | 102 |
| Waterford | <5 | 155.8 | 181 |
| Meath | <5 | 124.6 | 243 |
| Offaly | <5 | 119.3 | 93 |
| Dublin | 88 | 119.0 | 1,603 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 114.0 | 70 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 112.7 | 100 |
| Kilkenny | 21 | 106.8 | 106 |
| Longford | <5 | 97.9 | 40 |
| Cavan | <5 | 95.8 | 73 |
| Mayo | 16 | 88.9 | 116 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 88.4 | 141 |
| Clare | <5 | 85.8 | 106 |
| Kildare | 6 | 83.6 | 186 |
| Cork | 26 | 81.6 | 443 |
| Sligo | 5 | 76.3 | 50 |
| Carlow | 0 | 75.5 | 43 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 65.5 | 21 |
| Wicklow | 6 | 65.3 | 93 |
| Galway | 5 | 63.6 | 164 |
| Kerry | 6 | 60.3 | 89 |
| Laois | <5 | 57.9 | 49 |
| Wexford | <5 | 36.1 | 54 |
Note: 101 of these cases arose in October. These account for less than 2% of cases over the last 14 days and their impact on current incidence will be accounted for in all relevant calculations.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 70,458 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,053 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 604 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,763 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,659 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,062 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 38,098 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 33,121 |
| Female | 37,306 |
| Unknown | 31 |
| Total | 70,458 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,789 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,352 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,309 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,884 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,052 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,678 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,587 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,068 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,566 |
| 85+ | 3,140 |
| Unknown | 33 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.9 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.3 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.4 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.
Note:
When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but 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 | 55 |
| 5 - 14 | 50 |
| 15 - 24 | 163 |
| 25 - 34 | 311 |
| 35 - 44 | 403 |
| 45 - 54 | 640 |
| 55 - 64 | 730 |
| 65 - 74 | 904 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,115 |
| 85+ | 680 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 615 | +1 |
| Cavan | 2,168 | +2 |
| Clare | 1,478 | +6 |
| Cork | 6,248 | +44 |
| Donegal | 2,769 | +21 |
| Dublin | 26,415 | +126 |
| Galway | 2,590 | +9 |
| Kerry | 1,303 | +1 |
| Kildare | 4,037 | +18 |
| Kilkenny | 931 | +2 |
| Laois | 951 | +1 |
| Leitrim | 264 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,638 | +25 |
| Longford | 632 | +3 |
| Louth | 2,029 | +14 |
| Mayo | 1,386 | +7 |
| Meath | 3,358 | +9 |
| Monaghan | 1,218 | +4 |
| Offaly | 1,147 | No change |
| Roscommon | 926 | +4 |
| Sligo | 728 | +1 |
| Tipperary | 1,440 | +8 |
| Waterford | 993 | +2 |
| Westmeath | 1,538 | +2 |
| Wexford | 1,188 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 1,468 | +2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 21 November.