Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 22 November
From Department of Health
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From Department of Health
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The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 1 additional death related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 2,023 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Saturday 21 November, the HPSC has been notified of 318 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 70,461 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 282 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 17 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 Dashboard provides up-to-date information on the key indicators of COVID-19 in the community.
ENDS
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 21/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 21/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 21/11/20) |
| Ireland | 318 | 109.1 | 5,193 |
| Donegal | 21 | 231.2 | 368 |
| Limerick | 28 | 208.3 | 406 |
| Louth | 14 | 205.6 | 265 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 164.2 | 106 |
| Waterford | <5 | 157.5 | 183 |
| Meath | 10 | 127.2 | 248 |
| Offaly | <5 | 120.6 | 94 |
| Dublin | 126 | 119.9 | 1615 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 116 | 103 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 107.5 | 66 |
| Longford | <5 | 95.4 | 39 |
| Kilkenny | <5 | 92.7 | 92 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 91.5 | 146 |
| Clare | <5 | 86.7 | 103 |
| Kildare | 18 | 83.6 | 186 |
| Carlow | <5 | 80.8 | 46 |
| Mayo | 7 | 80.5 | 105 |
| Cork | 45 | 79 | 429 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 74.9 | 24 |
| Sligo | <5 | 73.2 | 48 |
| Galway | 9 | 62.8 | 162 |
| Kerry | <5 | 61.6 | 91 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 61.1 | 87 |
| Laois | <5 | 60.2 | 51 |
| Wexford | <5 | 37.4 | 56 |
| Total number of cases | 70,143 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,043 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 604 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,764 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,637 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,043 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 38,023 |
| Median age | 39 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 20 November.
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 32,969 |
| Female | 37,145 |
| Unknown | 29 |
| Total | 70,143 |
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,776 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,310 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,217 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,840 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,011 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,650 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,556 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,054 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,560 |
| 85+ | 3,136 |
| Unknown | 33 |
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 31 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66.3 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.3 |
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.
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 55 |
| 5 - 14 | 50 |
| 15 - 24 | 163 |
| 25 - 34 | 311 |
| 35 - 44 | 401 |
| 45 - 54 | 639 |
| 55 - 64 | 729 |
| 65 - 74 | 902 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,112 |
| 85+ | 679 |
| Unknown | 2 |
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 614 | +1 |
| Cavan | 2,166 | +5 |
| Clare | 1,472 | +7 |
| Cork | 6,204 | +46 |
| Donegal | 2,748 | +22 |
| Dublin | 26,289 | +125 |
| Galway | 2,581 | +1 |
| Kerry | 1,302 | +6 |
| Kildare | 4,019 | +8 |
| Kilkenny | 929 | +9 |
| Laois | 950 | +5 |
| Leitrim | 264 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,613 | +20 |
| Longford | 629 | +2 |
| Louth | 2,015 | +16 |
| Mayo | 1,379 | +5 |
| Meath | 3,349 | +10 |
| Monaghan | 1,214 | +8 |
| Offaly | 1,147 | +3 |
| Roscommon | 922 | +1 |
| Sligo | 727 | +4 |
| Tipperary | 1,432 | +2 |
| Waterford | 991 | +12 |
| Westmeath | 1,536 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,185 | +2 |
| Wicklow | 1,466 | +7 |