Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Saturday 5 December
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 5 December 2020
- Last updated on: 5 December 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 2,099 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 4 December, the HPSC has been notified of 456* confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 73,948* * confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*A technical issue that delayed uploading of laboratory results to the HPSC has been resolved. It led to a reduced number of cases reported in recent days. The reporting is reflected in a higher number of cases today. There has been no impact on the management of cases or the timeliness of contact tracing. Day on day variations such as these are taken into account in all epidemiological analyses.)
(* *Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the reclassification of 1 probable case to confirmed. The figure of 73,948 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 219 are men and 235 are women
- 59% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 39 years old
- 197 in Dublin, 37 in Donegal, 33 in Limerick, 21 in Louth, 20 in Kilkenny and the remaining 148 cases are spread across 21 other counties
As of 2pm today, 231 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 28 are in ICU. There have been 5 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 4 December 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 4/12/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 4/12/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 4/12/20) |
| Ireland | 456 | 80.9 | 3,850 |
| Donegal | 37 | 219.9 | 350 |
| Louth | 21 | 160.6 | 207 |
| Kilkenny | 20 | 159.2 | 158 |
| Limerick | 33 | 147.8 | 288 |
| Monaghan | 13 | 122.2 | 75 |
| Wicklow | 18 | 114.4 | 163 |
| Carlow | 5 | 96.6 | 55 |
| Dublin | 197 | 94.7 | 1,276 |
| Tipperary | 14 | 90.3 | 144 |
| Longford | <5 | 88.1 | 36 |
| Mayo | 5 | 82.8 | 108 |
| Waterford | 8 | 67.1 | 78 |
| Laois | 9 | 56.7 | 48 |
| Cavan | 5 | 55.1 | 42 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 52.7 | 34 |
| Offaly | 14 | 51.3 | 40 |
| Kildare | 13 | 50.8 | 113 |
| Galway | <5 | 50.4 | 130 |
| Meath | 13 | 49.7 | 97 |
| Cork | 13 | 43.5 | 236 |
| Sligo | <5 | 39.7 | 26 |
| Clare | <5 | 35.3 | 42 |
| Kerry | <5 | 31.8 | 47 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 25.9 | 23 |
| Wexford | <5 | 20 | 30 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 12.5 | <5 |
Ireland’s current 7-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population is 42.9.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 73,492 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,296 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 628 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,840 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 12,174 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,700 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 40,745 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 34,646 |
| Female | 38,815 |
| Unknown | 31 |
| Total | 73,492 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,915 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,714 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,860 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,338 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,537 |
| 45 - 54 | 11,100 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,843 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,217 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,713 |
| 85+ | 3,227 |
| Unknown | 28 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.2 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.4 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.
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 | 57 |
| 5 - 14 | 50 |
| 15 - 24 | 170 |
| 25 - 34 | 332 |
| 35 - 44 | 421 |
| 45 - 54 | 666 |
| 55 - 64 | 761 |
| 65 - 74 | 949 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,174 |
| 85+ | 714 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 660 | -3 |
| Cavan | 2,204 | +8 |
| Clare | 1,506 | +3 |
| Cork | 6,425 | +12 |
| Donegal | 3,060 | +17 |
| Dublin | 27,351 | +78 |
| Galway | 2,708 | +15 |
| Kerry | 1,344 | +2 |
| Kildare | 4,120 | +8 |
| Kilkenny | 1,070 | +5 |
| Laois | 996 | +10 |
| Leitrim | 267 | +1 |
| Limerick | 2,858 | +27 |
| Longford | 664 | +3 |
| Louth | 2,198 | +27 |
| Mayo | 1,482 | +4 |
| Meath | 3,432 | +1 |
| Monaghan | 1,277 | +10 |
| Offaly | 1,173 | +4 |
| Roscommon | 955 | No change |
| Sligo | 752 | +2 |
| Tipperary | 1,556 | +10 |
| Waterford | 1,055 | +2 |
| Westmeath | 1,557 | +3 |
| Wexford | 1,210 | +1 |
| Wicklow | 1,612 | +16 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Thursday 3 December.