Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Thursday 26 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 26 November 2020
- Last updated on: 30 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,036 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Wednesday 25 November, the HPSC has been notified of 335 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 71,494* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 28 confirmed cases. The figure of 71,494 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 162 are men and 171 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 119 in Dublin, 29 in Kilkenny, 23 in Limerick, 20 in Donegal, 19 in Tipperary, 19 in Cork, with the remaining 106 spread across 19 other counties
As of 2pm today, 246 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 35 are in ICU. There have been 15 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 25 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 25/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 25/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 25/11/20) |
| Ireland | 335 | 103.9 | 4,949 |
| Donegal | 20 | 218 | 347 |
| Louth | 17 | 201.7 | 260 |
| Limerick | 23 | 188.3 | 367 |
| Waterford | 11 | 149.8 | 174 |
| Kilkenny | 29 | 131 | 130 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 122.4 | 79 |
| Dublin | 119 | 115.2 | 1,552 |
| Meath | <5 | 105.6 | 206 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 104.3 | 64 |
| Longford | <5 | 100.3 | 41 |
| Offaly | <5 | 97.5 | 76 |
| Tipperary | 19 | 94.6 | 151 |
| Mayo | 11 | 91.9 | 120 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 91.2 | 81 |
| Cavan | <5 | 85.3 | 65 |
| Cork | 19 | 82.2 | 446 |
| Wicklow | 10 | 78.6 | 112 |
| Carlow | <5 | 77.3 | 44 |
| Kildare | 6 | 76.9 | 171 |
| Clare | <5 | 75.7 | 90 |
| Sligo | <5 | 59.5 | 39 |
| Galway | 8 | 54.6 | 141 |
| Laois | 6 | 54.3 | 46 |
| Kerry | 5 | 53.5 | 79 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 40.6 | 13 |
| Wexford | <5 | 36.7 | 55 |
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 71,159 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,139 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 616 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,777 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,763 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,197 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 38,865 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 33,463 |
| Female | 37,663 |
| Unknown | 33 |
| Total | 71,159 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,806 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,433 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,443 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,983 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,158 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,774 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,651 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,108 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,609 |
| 85+ | 3,161 |
| Unknown | 33 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.5 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67.1 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 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 | 49 |
| 15 - 24 | 165 |
| 25 - 34 | 315 |
| 35 - 44 | 410 |
| 45 - 54 | 647 |
| 55 - 64 | 742 |
| 65 - 74 | 919 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,140 |
| 85+ | 695 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 618 | +1 |
| Cavan | 2,180 | +7 |
| Clare | 1,486 | +1 |
| Cork | 6,321 | +41 |
| Donegal | 2,840 | +16 |
| Dublin | 26,625 | +62 |
| Galway | 2,604 | +3 |
| Kerry | 1,314 | +4 |
| Kildare | 4,056 | +9 |
| Kilkenny | 962 | +1 |
| Laois | 960 | +5 |
| Leitrim | 263 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,685 | +25 |
| Longford | 643 | +7 |
| Louth | 2,075 | +17 |
| Mayo | 1,412 | +6 |
| Meath | 3,375 | +14 |
| Monaghan | 1,228 | +2 |
| Offaly | 1,149 | +1 |
| Roscommon | 931 | No change |
| Sligo | 733 | No change |
| Tipperary | 1,466 | +4 |
| Waterford | 1,001 | +1 |
| Westmeath | 1,542 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,192 | No change |
| Wicklow | 1,498 | +13 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 24 November.