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An analysis of the 3,655 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Wednesday 1 April 2020)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 3 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 HPSC, as of midnight, Wednesday 1 April 2020 (3,655 cases), reveals:
- 48% are male and 51% are female, with 171 clusters involving 626 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 48 years
- 1,039 cases (28%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 148 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 948 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 2,077 (57% of all cases) followed by Cork with 292 cases (8%)
- of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 61%, close contact accounts for 23%, travel abroad accounts for 16%
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 3655 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 1039 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 148 | |
| Total number of deaths | 113 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 948 | |
| Number clusters notified | 171 | |
| Median age | 48 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 1860 | 50.9 |
| Male | 1752 | 47.9 |
| Unknown | 43 | 1.2 |
| Total | 3655 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 1 - 4 | 12 | 0.3 |
| 5 - 14 | 30 | 0.8 |
| 15 - 24 | 235 | 6.4 |
| 25 - 34 | 618 | 16.9 |
| 35 - 44 | 685 | 18.7 |
| 45 - 54 | 690 | 18.9 |
| 55 - 64 | 537 | 14.7 |
| 65+ | 831 | 22.7 |
| Unknown | 9 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 61% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 23% |
| Travel Abroad | 16% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
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 | 32 | 3.1 |
| 25 - 34 | 81 | 7.8 |
| 35 - 44 | 94 | 9 |
| 45 - 54 | 163 | 15.7 |
| 55 - 64 | 160 | 15.4 |
| 65+ | 497 | 47.8 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.2 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
Cases by county
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0.1% |
| Cavan | 41 | 1.1% |
| Clare | 50 | 1.4% |
| Cork | 292 | 8% |
| Donegal | 77 | 2.1% |
| Dublin | 2077 | 56.8% |
| Galway | 98 | 2.7% |
| Kerry | 79 | 2.2% |
| Kildare | 103 | 2.8% |
| Kilkenny | 47 | 1.3% |
| Laois | 16 | 0.4% |
| Leitrim | 12 | 0.3% |
| Limerick | 96 | 2.6% |
| Longford | 16 | 0.4% |
| Louth | 54 | 1.5% |
| Mayo | 55 | 1.5% |
| Meath | 88 | 2.4% |
| Monaghan | 17 | 0.5% |
| Offaly | 47 | 1.3% |
| Roscommon | 13 | 0.4% |
| Sligo | 26 | 0.7% |
| Tipperary | 94 | 2.6% |
| Waterford | 43 | 1.2% |
| Westmeath | 86 | 2.4% |
| Wexford | 18 | 0.5% |
| Wicklow | 105 | 2.9% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 1 April.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.