Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 3 November
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 3 November 2020
- Last updated on: 9 November 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,922 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Monday 2 November, the HPSC has been notified of 322 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 63,048* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC led to the denotification of 24 confirmed cases. The figure of 63,048 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 156 are men and 166 are women
- 64% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 37 years old
- 96 in Dublin, 35 in Meath, 23 in Cork, 17 in Louth, 16 in Waterford and the remaining 135 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 2pm today, 296 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 42 are in ICU. There have been 14 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"Due to the efforts of people across Ireland, we are seeing improvements with COVID-19. However, we must remember that maintaining this downward trend is now the most crucial thing. The value of our progress depends on continuing the safe behaviour that got us to this position. I urge everyone to keep it up, to ensure these initial trends continue."
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 2 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 2/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 2/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 2/11/20) |
| Ireland | 322 | 228.0 | 10,855 |
| Cavan | 12 | 475.2 | 362 |
| Meath | 35 | 380.4 | 742 |
| Westmeath | 8 | 306.4 | 272 |
| Donegal | 15 | 305.9 | 487 |
| Sligo | 8 | 302.1 | 198 |
| Cork | 23 | 259.7 | 1,410 |
| Galway | 5 | 256.9 | 663 |
| Louth | 17 | 256.8 | 331 |
| Carlow | <5 | 252.9 | 144 |
| Roscommon | 5 | 229.3 | 148 |
| Limerick | 6 | 228.3 | 445 |
| Monaghan | 8 | 221.5 | 136 |
| Dublin | 96 | 219.5 | 2,957 |
| Mayo | 7 | 214.5 | 280 |
| Kildare | 15 | 210.8 | 469 |
| Waterford | 16 | 196.3 | 228 |
| Longford | <5 | 195.7 | 80 |
| Laois | 8 | 194.8 | 165 |
| Clare | <5 | 190.2 | 226 |
| Kerry | 7 | 186.2 | 275 |
| Wexford | 5 | 140.3 | 210 |
| Offaly | <5 | 136.0 | 106 |
| Kilkenny | 8 | 134.0 | 133 |
| Tipperary | 12 | 131.0 | 209 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 106.7 | 152 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 84.3 | 27 |
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 | 62,726 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,449 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 560 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,663 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 10,583 |
| Number clusters notified | 6,708 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 29,739 |
| Median age | 39 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 29,403 |
| Female | 33,288 |
| Unknown | 35 |
| Total | 62,726 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,463 |
| 5 - 14 | 3,548 |
| 15 - 24 | 10,921 |
| 25 - 34 | 10,623 |
| 35 - 44 | 9,848 |
| 45 - 54 | 9,596 |
| 55 - 64 | 6,897 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,646 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,243 |
| 85+ | 2,911 |
| Unknown | 30 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 31.4 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 60.6 |
| Travel abroad | 1.5 |
| Unknown | 6.6 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 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 | 45 |
| 5 - 14 | 43 |
| 15 - 24 | 134 |
| 25 - 34 | 278 |
| 35 - 44 | 359 |
| 45 - 54 | 575 |
| 55 - 64 | 666 |
| 65 - 74 | 797 |
| 75 - 84 | 958 |
| 85+ | 592 |
| Unknown | 2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 554 | +15 |
| Cavan | 2,062 | +10 |
| Clare | 1,311 | +9 |
| Cork | 5,572 | +73 |
| Donegal | 2,180 | +21 |
| Dublin | 24,109 | +319 |
| Galway | 2,330 | +23 |
| Kerry | 1,092 | +14 |
| Kildare | 3,763 | +18 |
| Kilkenny | 775 | +17 |
| Laois | 838 | +18 |
| Leitrim | 230 | +1 |
| Limerick | 2,075 | +33 |
| Longford | 578 | +3 |
| Louth | 1,700 | +5 |
| Mayo | 1,191 | +9 |
| Meath | 2,974 | +26 |
| Monaghan | 1,119 | +1 |
| Offaly | 1,043 | +6 |
| Roscommon | 789 | +24 |
| Sligo | 642 | +12 |
| Tipperary | 1,223 | +15 |
| Waterford | 752 | +13 |
| Westmeath | 1,418 | +33 |
| Wexford | 1,096 | +7 |
| Wicklow | 1,310 | +5 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 1 November.