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An analysis of the 3,282 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Tuesday 31 March 2020)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 2 April 2020
- Last updated on: 24 September 2020
- Hospital statistics
- Gender of patients
- Age range affected
- How COVID-19 is spreading
- Hospitalised cases by age group
- Cases by county
Today’s data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, as of midnight, Tuesday 31 March (3,282 cases) shows that:
- 48% of the cases of COVID-19 are male and 50% are female, with 160 clusters involving 659 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 932 cases (28%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 134 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 841 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 1,838 (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 272 cases (8%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 60%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 17%
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 3,282 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 932 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 134 | |
| Total number of deaths | 91 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 841 | |
| Number clusters notified | 160 | |
| Median age | 48 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 1661 | 50.6 |
| Male | 1572 | 47.9 |
| Unknown | 49 | 1.5 |
| Total | 3282 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 1 - 4 | 11 | 0.3 |
| 5 - 14 | 30 | 0.9 |
| 15 - 24 | 216 | 6.6 |
| 25 - 34 | 564 | 17.2 |
| 35 - 44 | 617 | 18.8 |
| 45 - 54 | 608 | 18.5 |
| 55 - 64 | 480 | 14.6 |
| 65+ | 739 | 22.5 |
| Unknown | 9 | 0.3 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 59% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 23% |
| Travel Abroad | 18% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
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 | 6 | 0.6 |
| 5 - 14 | 4 | 0.4 |
| 15 - 24 | 29 | 3.1 |
| 25 - 34 | 77 | 8.3 |
| 35 - 44 | 85 | 9.1 |
| 45 - 54 | 152 | 16.3 |
| 55 - 64 | 145 | 15.6 |
| 65+ | 432 | 46.4 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
Cases by county
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0.1% |
| Cavan | 39 | 1.2% |
| Clare | 49 | 1.5% |
| Cork | 272 | 8.3% |
| Donegal | 68 | 2.1% |
| Dublin | 1838 | 56% |
| Galway | 91 | 2.8% |
| Kerry | 72 | 2.3% |
| Kildare | 90 | 2.7% |
| Kilkenny | 37 | 1.1% |
| Laois | 16 | 0.5% |
| Leitrim | 12 | 0.4% |
| Limerick | 94 | 2.9% |
| Longford | 14 | 0.4% |
| Louth | 52 | 1.6% |
| Mayo | 52 | 1.6% |
| Meath | 74 | 2.3% |
| Monaghan | 17 | 0.5% |
| Offaly | 46 | 1.4% |
| Roscommon | 10 | 0.3% |
| Sligo | 25 | 0.8% |
| Tipperary | 91 | 2.8% |
| Waterford | 38 | 1.2% |
| Westmeath | 81 | 2.5% |
| Wexford | 16 | 0.5% |
| Wicklow | 84 | 2.6% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Tuesday 31 March.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.