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An analysis of the 712 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Friday 20 March 2020)
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 22 March 2020
- Last updated on: 28 September 2020
- Hospital statistics
- Gender of patients
- Age range affected
- How COVID-19 is spreading
- Healthcare workers
- Hospitalised cases by age group
- Cases by county
This is not the latest update. Click here for latest updates on case numbers.
The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 712 cases notified as at midnight Friday, 20 March 2020:
The data reveals:
- of the 712 cases notified, 55% are male and 44% are female, with 35 clusters involving 190 cases
- the median age of confirmed cases is 44 years
- 211 cases (30%) have been hospitalised
- of those hospitalised, 17 cases have been admitted to ICU
- 159 cases (22%) are associated with healthcare workers
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 402, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 101 cases (14%)
- there is now at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 in every county in Ireland
Of those for whom transmission status is known:
- community transmission accounts for 44%
- close contact accounts for 23%
- travel abroad accounts for 33%.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 712 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 211 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 17 | |
| Total number of deaths | 4 | |
| Case fatality rate | 0.6 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 159 | |
| Number clusters notified | 35 | |
| Median age | 44 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 311 | 44 |
| Male | 393 | 55 |
| Unknown | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 712 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
Age range affected
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 - 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 - 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 - 24 | 63 | 9 |
| 25 - 34 | 127 | 18 |
| 35 - 44 | 149 | 21 |
| 45 - 54 | 132 | 19 |
| 55 - 64 | 101 | 15 |
| 65+ | 122 | 17 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 712 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Community transmission | 44% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 23% |
| Travel Abroad | 33% |
| Under investigation | 258 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 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.
Healthcare workers
| Travel related | 42 | 26% |
| No foreign travel | 106 | 67% |
| Under investigation | 11 | 7% |
| Total | 159 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| <5 | 2 | 1% |
| 5 - 14 | 2 | 1% |
| 15 - 24 | 13 | 6% |
| 25 - 34 | 27 | 13% |
| 35 - 44 | 22 | 10% |
| 45 - 54 | 40 | 18% |
| 55 - 64 | 34 | 16% |
| 65+ | 71 | 34% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
Cases by county
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0.4% |
| Cavan | ≤5 | 1% |
| Clare | 7 | 1% |
| Cork | 101 | 14% |
| Donegal | ≤5 | 1% |
| Dublin | 402 | 57% |
| Galway | 25 | 4% |
| Kerry | 9 | 1% |
| Kildare | 20 | 3% |
| Kilkenny | 11 | 2% |
| Laois | 6 | 1% |
| Leitrim | ≤5 | 0% |
| Limerick | 15 | 2% |
| Longford | ≤5 | 1% |
| Louth | 11 | 2% |
| Mayo | ≤5 | 0% |
| Meath | 11 | 2% |
| Monaghan | ≤5 | 0% |
| Offaly | 9 | 1% |
| Roscommon | ≤5 | 0% |
| Sligo | ≤5 | 1% |
| Tipperary | 8 | 1% |
| Waterford | 9 | 1% |
| Westmeath | 16 | 2% |
| Wexford | ≤5 | 0% |
| Wicklow | 22 | 3% |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Friday, 20 March.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.