Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 21 April
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 21 April 2020
- Last updated on: 21 April 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 44 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died:
- 37 deaths located in the east, 2 in the west, 2 in the north-west and 3 in the south of the country
- the people included 26 females and 18 males
- the median age of today’s reported deaths is 87
- 33 people were reported as having underlying health conditions
There have now been 730* laboratory confirmed COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of 1pm Tuesday 21 April, the HPSC has been notified of an additional 388 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Irish laboratories.
There is now a total of 16,040 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
The HSE is working to identify any contacts the patients may have had to provide them with information and advice to prevent further spread.
The National Public Health Emergency Team met today (Tuesday 21 April) to continue its ongoing review of Ireland’s response to COVID-19.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:
"An analysis of 15,186 cases reveals that 8,377 (55%) have fully recovered from COVID-19 in the community, while 856 (6%) recovered and were discharged from hospital.
“We are now in our eighth week since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Ireland. In that space of time we, as a country, have managed to suppress the virus in our community. As we move forward we must look to protecting our vulnerable populations and maintain the progress we have made so far. There is no room for complacency.”
Notes: Validation of data at the HPSC this week resulted in the denotification of 1 death. The figure of 730 deaths reflects this.
Cases as of Sunday 19th April
Today’s data from the HPSC, as of midnight, Sunday 19 April (15,464 cases), reveals:
- 56% are female and 43% are male, with 491 clusters involving 3,447 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 2,323 cases (15%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 315 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 4,180 cases are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 7,781 (50% of all cases) followed by Cork with 1,053 cases (7%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 35%, travel abroad accounts for 5%
As of midnight Monday 20 April, 111,584 tests have been carried out. Over the past week, 20,822 tests were carried out and of these 4,025 were positive, giving a positivity rate of 19%.
ENDS
The following is the data from figures collected on Sunday 19 April 2020.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 15464 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 2323 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 315 | |
| Total number of deaths | 719 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 4180 | |
| Number clusters notified | 491 | |
| Cases associated with clusters | 3447 | |
| Median age | 48 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 8595 | 55.6 |
| Male | 6708 | 43.4 |
| Unknown | 149 | 1 |
| Total | 15464 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 29 | 0.2 |
| 1 - 4 | 54 | 0.3 |
| 5 - 14 | 162 | 1 |
| 15 - 24 | 1009 | 6.5 |
| 25 - 34 | 2580 | 16.7 |
| 35 - 44 | 2781 | 18 |
| 45 - 54 | 2972 | 19.2 |
| 55 - 64 | 2207 | 14.3 |
| 65+ | 3646 | 23.6 |
| Unknown | 24 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 60% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 35% |
| Travel Abroad | 5% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
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 local transmission.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| Age range | Number of cases | Percentage of total |
| <5 | 13 | 0.6 |
| 5 - 14 | 8 | 0.3 |
| 15 - 24 | 51 | 2.2 |
| 25 - 34 | 147 | 6.3 |
| 35 - 44 | 194 | 8.4 |
| 45 - 54 | 326 | 14 |
| 55 - 64 | 356 | 15.3 |
| 65+ | 1226 | 52.8 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.1 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
Cases by county
| Carlow | 79 | 0.5% |
| Cavan | 403 | 2.6% |
| Clare | 164 | 1.1% |
| Cork | 1053 | 6.8% |
| Donegal | 392 | 2.5% |
| Dublin | 7781 | 50.3% |
| Galway | 294 | 1.9% |
| Kerry | 268 | 1.7% |
| Kildare | 822 | 5.3% |
| Kilkenny | 210 | 1.4% |
| Laois | 177 | 1.1% |
| Leitrim | 54 | 0.3% |
| Limerick | 409 | 2.6% |
| Longford | 94 | 0.6% |
| Louth | 469 | 3% |
| Mayo | 335 | 2.2% |
| Meath | 522 | 3.4% |
| Monaghan | 199 | 1.3% |
| Offaly | 195 | 1.3% |
| Roscommon | 91 | 0.6% |
| Sligo | 93 | 0.6% |
| Tipperary | 306 | 2% |
| Waterford | 117 | 0.8% |
| Westmeath | 377 | 2.4% |
| Wexford | 114 | 0.7% |
| Wicklow | 446 | 2.9% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 19 April 2020.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.