Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 21 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 21 November 2020
- Last updated on: 22 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,022 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 20 November, the HPSC has been notified of 344 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 70,143* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 70,143 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 156 are men and 185 are women
- 69% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 32 years old
- 127 in Dublin, 46 in Cork, 26 in Louth, 22 in Donegal, 20 in Limerick and the remaining 103 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 269 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 32 are in ICU. There have been 12 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.
ENDS
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 20 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 20/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 20/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 20/11/20) |
| Ireland | 344 | 113.3 | 5,394 |
| Donegal | 22 | 255.0 | 406 |
| Limerick | 20 | 218.1 | 425 |
| Louth | 26 | 201.7 | 260 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 158.0 | 102 |
| Waterford | 12 | 156.7 | 182 |
| Offaly | <5 | 141.1 | 110 |
| Meath | 15 | 131.3 | 256 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 123.9 | 110 |
| Dublin | 127 | 123.1 | 1,659 |
| Monaghan | 8 | 109.2 | 67 |
| Longford | <5 | 102.8 | 42 |
| Kilkenny | 9 | 100.8 | 100 |
| Cavan | 5 | 98.5 | 75 |
| Tipperary | <5 | 96.5 | 154 |
| Clare | 7 | 90.1 | 107 |
| Carlow | <5 | 89.6 | 51 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 87.4 | 28 |
| Kildare | 9 | 86.7 | 193 |
| Sligo | <5 | 82.4 | 54 |
| Laois | 5 | 80.3 | 68 |
| Mayo | 5 | 78.9 | 103 |
| Cork | 46 | 77.2 | 419 |
| Kerry | 6 | 71.8 | 106 |
| Wicklow | 5 | 68.8 | 98 |
| Galway | <5 | 62.0 | 160 |
| Wexford | 2 | 39.4 | 59 |
Note:
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 | 69,805 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,032 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 604 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,763 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,603 |
| Number clusters notified | 8,873 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 37,606 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 32,818 |
| Female | 36,961 |
| Unknown | 26 |
| Total | 69,805 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,760 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,267 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,145 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,786 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,960 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,601 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,535 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,039 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,549 |
| 85+ | 3,130 |
| Unknown | 33 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 31 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.4 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 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 | 400 |
| 45 - 54 | 638 |
| 55 - 64 | 727 |
| 65 - 74 | 903 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,107 |
| 85+ | 676 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 613 | +3 |
| Cavan | 2,161 | +4 |
| Clare | 1,465 | +7 |
| Cork | 6,158 | +28 |
| Donegal | 2,726 | +22 |
| Dublin | 26,164 | +100 |
| Galway | 2,580 | +6 |
| Kerry | 1,296 | +5 |
| Kildare | 4,011 | +8 |
| Kilkenny | 920 | +2 |
| Laois | 945 | +5 |
| Leitrim | 264 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,593 | +12 |
| Longford | 627 | +5 |
| Louth | 1,989 | +28 |
| Mayo | 1,374 | +14 |
| Meath | 3,339 | +28 |
| Monaghan | 1,206 | +6 |
| Offaly | 1,144 | +2 |
| Roscommon | 921 | +3 |
| Sligo | 723 | +7 |
| Tipperary | 1,430 | +3 |
| Waterford | 979 | +9 |
| Westmeath | 1,535 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,183 | +7 |
| Wicklow | 1,459 | +18 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 19 November.