Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 17 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 17 November 2020
- Last updated on: 19 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 11 additional deaths related to COVID-19. All deaths reported today occurred in November.
There has been a total of 1,995 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 16 November, the HPSC has been notified of 366 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 68,686* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 36 confirmed cases. The figure of 68,686 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 169 are men and 197 are women
- 61% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 38 years old
- 84 in Dublin, 44 in Limerick, 34 in Cork, 34 in Donegal, 24 in Roscommon and the remaining 146 cases are spread across 20 other counties
As of 2pm today, 272 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"I am increasingly concerned that the positive trends we had seen recently have not been maintained.
"The 5-day moving average of daily cases has increased from an average of 350 cases on the 11th November to 424 today.
"We have two weeks to continue in our efforts to drive down community transmission of this disease as much as possible. The lower the incidence the more flexibility the country will have in easing measures."
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 16 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 16/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 16/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 16/11/20) |
| Ireland | 366 | 121.3 | 5,778 |
| Donegal | 34 | 282.0 | 449 |
| Limerick | 44 | 241.7 | 471 |
| Roscommon | 24 | 167.3 | 108 |
| Waterford | 17 | 162.7 | 189 |
| Louth | 13 | 160.6 | 207 |
| Westmeath | 12 | 160.0 | 142 |
| Offaly | 6 | 143.7 | 112 |
| Meath | 12 | 128.7 | 251 |
| Dublin | 84 | 123.8 | 1,668 |
| Kerry | 5 | 123.2 | 182 |
| Kilkenny | 6 | 118.9 | 118 |
| Mayo | 8 | 113.4 | 148 |
| Clare | <5 | 111.9 | 133 |
| Longford | <5 | 110.1 | 45 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 109.1 | 67 |
| Tipperary | 18 | 109.1 | 174 |
| Laois | <5 | 103.9 | 88 |
| Sligo | <5 | 91.6 | 60 |
| Cork | 34 | 85.7 | 465 |
| Cavan | <5 | 85.3 | 65 |
| Galway | 15 | 84.5 | 218 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 84.3 | 27 |
| Kildare | 8 | 82.7 | 184 |
| Carlow | 5 | 82.6 | 47 |
| Wicklow | 5 | 65.3 | 93 |
| Wexford | <5 | 44.7 | 67 |
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 | 68,320 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,893 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 595 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,735 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,380 |
| Number clusters notified | 8,398 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 35,916 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 32,125 |
| Female | 36,174 |
| Unknown | 21 |
| Total | 68,320 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,701 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,107 |
| 15 - 24 | 11,866 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,557 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,717 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,392 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,410 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,959 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,491 |
| 85+ | 3,088 |
| Unknown | 32 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 31.8 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 65.2 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.6 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 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 | 52 |
| 5 - 14 | 49 |
| 15 - 24 | 152 |
| 25 - 34 | 302 |
| 35 - 44 | 394 |
| 45 - 54 | 622 |
| 55 - 64 | 711 |
| 65 - 74 | 878 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,077 |
| 85+ | 654 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 594 | +6 |
| Cavan | 2,137 | +3 |
| Clare | 1,441 | +28 |
| Cork | 6,024 | +43 |
| Donegal | 2,608 | +11 |
| Dublin | 25,707 | +89 |
| Galway | 2,537 | +9 |
| Kerry | 1,274 | +8 |
| Kildare | 3,957 | +16 |
| Kilkenny | 892 | +9 |
| Laois | 935 | -1 |
| Leitrim | 260 | +3 |
| Limerick | 2,507 | +73 |
| Longford | 620 | +3 |
| Louth | 1,906 | +17 |
| Mayo | 1,335 | +5 |
| Meath | 3,246 | +39 |
| Monaghan | 1,189 | +2 |
| Offaly | 1,128 | +4 |
| Roscommon | 880 | +6 |
| Sligo | 707 | +5 |
| Tipperary | 1,390 | +21 |
| Waterford | 941 | +21 |
| Westmeath | 1,514 | -4 |
| Wexford | 1,164 | +3 |
| Wicklow | 1,427 | +1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 15 November.