Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 26 October
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 26 October 2020
- Last updated on: 27 October 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,885 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 25 October, the HPSC has been notified of 939 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 58,067 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
- 444 are men and 483 are women
- 66% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 32 years old
- 262 in Dublin, 96 in Cork, 61 in Meath, 53 in Galway, 51 in Donegal and the remaining 413 cases are spread across all remaining counties
As of 2pm today, 341 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 38 are in ICU. There have been 16 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
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Notes
For more information on self-isolation from the HSE, click here. Watch a video on how and when to self-isolate with Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan here.
For more information on restricting your movements from the HSE, click here. Watch a video on how and when to restrict your movements with Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Heather Burns here.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 25 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 25/10/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 25/10/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 25/10/20) |
| IRELAND | 939 | 309.9 | 14,758 |
| Cavan | 40 | 967.5 | 737 |
| Meath | 61 | 667.0 | 1,301 |
| Sligo | 23 | 442.5 | 290 |
| Westmeath | 26 | 438.2 | 389 |
| Galway | 53 | 382.5 | 987 |
| Monaghan | 5 | 348.6 | 214 |
| Cork | 96 | 338.6 | 1,838 |
| Donegal | 51 | 329.8 | 525 |
| Limerick | 48 | 309.4 | 603 |
| Kildare | 49 | 309.2 | 688 |
| Carlow | 15 | 305.6 | 174 |
| Wexford | 16 | 301.2 | 451 |
| Kerry | 18 | 299.9 | 443 |
| Louth | 30 | 299.5 | 386 |
| Longford | <5 | 288.7 | 118 |
| Clare | 33 | 281.9 | 335 |
| Roscommon | 12 | 264.9 | 171 |
| Dublin | 262 | 258.1 | 3,477 |
| Mayo | 18 | 254.4 | 332 |
| Laois | 14 | 242.0 | 205 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 218.4 | 70 |
| Offaly | <5 | 216.8 | 169 |
| Waterford | 16 | 215.2 | 250 |
| Kilkenny | 16 | 176.4 | 175 |
| Wicklow | 11 | 146.0 | 208 |
| Tipperary | 17 | 139.1 | 222 |
Note:
- County breakdown available for 936 cases.
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 57,131 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,210 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 529 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,628 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 10,172 |
| Number clusters notified | 6,257 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 27,834 |
| Median age | 40 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 October.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 26,734 |
| Female | 30,343 |
| Unknown | 54 |
| Total | 57,131 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 October.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,218 |
| 5 - 14 | 2,900 |
| 15 - 24 | 9,786 |
| 25 - 34 | 9,803 |
| 35 - 44 | 9,037 |
| 45 - 54 | 8,783 |
| 55 - 64 | 6,350 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,350 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,067 |
| 85+ | 2,808 |
| Unknown | 29 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 October.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 28.3 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 61.2 |
| Travel abroad | 1.6 |
| Unknown | 8.9 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 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 |
| 0 - 4 | 43 |
| 5 - 14 | 37 |
| 15 - 24 | 124 |
| 25 - 34 | 264 |
| 35 - 44 | 337 |
| 45 - 54 | 548 |
| 55 - 64 | 631 |
| 65 - 74 | 748 |
| 75 - 84 | 912 |
| 85+ | 564 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 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 | 482 | +16 |
| Cavan | 1,935 | +23 |
| Clare | 1,182 | +21 |
| Cork | 4,762 | +147 |
| Donegal | 1,935 | +53 |
| Dublin | 22,396 | +258 |
| Galway | 2,058 | +77 |
| Kerry | 976 | +41 |
| Kildare | 3,534 | +54 |
| Kilkenny | 700 | +8 |
| Laois | 752 | +19 |
| Leitrim | 226 | +2 |
| Limerick | 1,814 | +45 |
| Longford | 535 | +9 |
| Louth | 1,536 | +25 |
| Mayo | 1,053 | +16 |
| Meath | 2,659 | +50 |
| Monaghan | 1,069 | +19 |
| Offaly | 993 | +15 |
| Roscommon | 720 | +13 |
| Sligo | 559 | +22 |
| Tipperary | 1,099 | +26 |
| Waterford | 642 | +22 |
| Westmeath | 1,277 | +16 |
| Wexford | 1,010 | +15 |
| Wicklow | 1,227 | +16 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 24 October.