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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 5 January

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19. 16 of today’s reported deaths occurred in January.

There has been a total of 2,282 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Monday 4 January, the HPSC has been notified of 5,325 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 113,322 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today:

  • 2,550 are men and 2,769 are women
  • 63% are under 45 years of age
  • the median age is 36 years old
  • 1,931 in Dublin, 767 in Cork, 323 in Kildare, 322 in Limerick, 238 in Donegal and the remaining 1,744 cases are spread across all other counties

As of 2pm today, 840 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 76 are in ICU. There have been 102 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, said:

"We are now experiencing a considerable surge in cases and hospitalisations. We can turn this around quickly if we stick to the measures we know worked last spring.

"We have seen some early progress in that the average number of contacts per case has been dropping in recent days – but we need to continue this effort to limit as much as we can our contact with other people in the days and weeks ahead.

"If we all stay home and keep to the public health advice, we can bring COVID-19 back under control - which ultimately will protect our essential services such as Health and Education and most importantly save lives."

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 4 January 2021) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County Today’s Cases (to midnight 4/1/21) 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 4/1/21) New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 4/1/21)
Ireland 5,325 674.4 32,112
Monaghan 117 1,243 763
Louth 238 1,173.1 1,512
Limerick 322 1,113.4 2,170
Donegal 238 950.4 1,513
Cavan 123 821.8 626
Dublin 1,931 809.4 10,906
Sligo 50 738.5 484
Mayo 99 729.5 952
Meath 196 605 1,180
Kerry 122 587 867
Cork 767 583.4 3,167
Kilkenny 66 564.3 560
Clare 89 559.7 665
Wexford 125 549.7 823
Kildare 323 534.8 1,190
Carlow 38 519.9 296
Laois 12 493.5 418
Waterford 103 480.3 558
Longford 5 467.3 191
Offaly 11 459.2 358
Galway 140 456.1 1,177
Roscommon 29 447.8 289
Leitrim 13 411.9 132
Westmeath 13 376.3 334
Tipperary 69 326.5 521
Wicklow 86 323 460
  • the 7-day incidence is 522.7 per 100,000 of population
  • the 5-day moving average is 4,309

Reporting over latest 14-day period (22/12/2020-05/01/2021)

Date reported Reported confirmed cases Tests processed Positive tests detected Positivity rate
22/12/2020 - 20,660 1,077 5.2%
23/12/2020 939 22,884 1,269 5.5%
24/12/2020 922 21,416 1,643 7.7%
25/12/2020 1,019 11,999 1,207 10.1%
26/12/2020 1,293 3,536 343 9.7%
27/12/2020 744 9,405 1,178 12.5%
28/12/2020 764 13,805 2,007 14.5%
29/12/2020 1,546 17,484 2,867 16.4%
30/12/2020 1,720 26,312 4,371 16.6%
31/12/2020 1,620 27,389 5,621 20.5%
01/01/2021 1,754 20,846 4,553 21.8%
02/01/2021 3,394 28,545 6,486 22.7%
03/01/2021 4,692 20,571 5,199 25.3%
04/01/2021 6,110 19,869 4,426 22.3%
05/01/2021 5,325 - - -

Detailed guidance for older people and vulnerable groups is available here.

Hospital statistics

Total number of cases 107,997
Total number hospitalised 6,373
Total number admitted to ICU 695
Total number of deaths 2,021
Total number of healthcare workers 13,431
Number clusters notified 10,770
Cases associated with clusters 45,200
Median age 38
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

Gender of patients

Gender Number of cases
Male 51,437
Female 56,461
Unknown 99
Total 107,997
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

Age range affected

Age range Number of cases
0 - 4 2,925
5 - 14 7,155
15 - 24 19,581
25 - 34 19,068
35 - 44 16,857
45 - 54 15,991
55 - 64 11,817
65 - 74 6,049
75 - 84 4,688
85+ 3,833
Unknown 33
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

How COVID-19 is spreading

Transmission classification %
Community transmission 38.3
Close contact with confirmed case 52.6
Travel abroad 1.1
Unknown 8
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

Note:

When a person tests positive for COVID-19 but hasn't been abroad or had a known 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 66
5 - 14 67
15 - 24 250
25 - 34 428
35 - 44 511
45 - 54 790
55 - 64 893
65 - 74 1,125
75 - 84 1,392
85+ 849
Unknown 2
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

Cases by county

County Number of cases Change since the day before
Carlow 1,052 +51
Cavan 2,861 +61
Clare 2,135 +55
Cork 9,235 +291
Donegal 4,909 +52
Dublin 38,973 +3,656
Galway 3,950 +116
Kerry 2,303 +129
Kildare 5,275 +323
Kilkenny 1,867 +84
Laois 1,576 +80
Leitrim 397 +14
Limerick 5,138 +234
Longford 914 +30
Louth 3,884 +137
Mayo 2,507 +111
Meath 4,701 +122
Monaghan 2,075 +51
Offaly 1,596 +67
Roscommon 1,256 +24
Sligo 1,260 +31
Tipperary 2,146 +44
Waterford 1,681 +106
Westmeath 1,902 +46
Wexford 2,273 +76
Wicklow 2,131 +119
  • All statistics measured at midnight on Sunday 3 January.

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