Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 9 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 1,948 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 8 November, the HPSC has been notified of 270 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 65,659* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 5 confirmed cases. The figure of 65,659 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 291 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There have been 12 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 8/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 8/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 8/11/20) |
| Ireland | 270 | 161.0 | 7,665 |
| Donegal | 20 | 275.8 | 439 |
| Limerick | 34 | 213.4 | 416 |
| Meath | 8 | 212.8 | 415 |
| Cork | 12 | 182.4 | 990 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 179.1 | 159 |
| Dublin | 103 | 173.7 | 2,341 |
| Mayo | 5 | 163.2 | 213 |
| Louth | 8 | 159.1 | 205 |
| Longford | <5 | 156.6 | 64 |
| Kerry | 9 | 155 | 229 |
| Cavan | <5 | 156.2 | 119 |
| Laois | <5 | 155.8 | 132 |
| Sligo | <5 | 155.6 | 102 |
| Roscommon | 8 | 150.3 | 97 |
| Carlow | <5 | 147.5 | 84 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 140.1 | 86 |
| Clare | 6 | 138.9 | 165 |
| Waterford | <5 | 137.7 | 160 |
| Kilkenny | 9 | 134 | 133 |
| Galway | <5 | 125.9 | 325 |
| Kildare | <5 | 122.2 | 272 |
| Offaly | <5 | 118 | 92 |
| Tipperary | 8 | 115.9 | 185 |
| Wicklow | <5 | 82.9 | 118 |
| Wexford | <5 | 74.8 | 112 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 37.4 | 12 |
Note:
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3 July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
| Total number of cases | 65,389 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,664 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 571 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,689 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 10,906 |
| Number clusters notified | 7,266 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 31,818 |
| Median age | 39 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 30,691 |
| Female | 34,657 |
| Unknown | 41 |
| Total | 65,389 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,576 |
| 5 - 14 | 3,809 |
| 15 - 24 | 11,328 |
| 25 - 34 | 11,090 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,266 |
| 45 - 54 | 9,971 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,151 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,812 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,363 |
| 85+ | 2,991 |
| Unknown | 32 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 33.1 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 61.8 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 3.7 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.
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 | 48 |
| 5 - 14 | 46 |
| 15 - 24 | 143 |
| 25 - 34 | 294 |
| 35 - 44 | 375 |
| 45 - 54 | 600 |
| 55 - 64 | 689 |
| 65 - 74 | 837 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,011 |
| 85+ | 619 |
| Unknown | 2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 573 | +6 |
| Cavan | 2,092 | +3 |
| Clare | 1,372 | +8 |
| Cork | 5,822 | +35 |
| Donegal | 2,402 | +59 |
| Dublin | 24,884 | +179 |
| Galway | 2,429 | +7 |
| Kerry | 1,215 | +18 |
| Kildare | 3,852 | +26 |
| Kilkenny | 840 | +8 |
| Laois | 899 | +18 |
| Leitrim | 237 | +4 |
| Limerick | 2,238 | +48 |
| Longford | 599 | +6 |
| Louth | 1,764 | +9 |
| Mayo | 1,283 | +5 |
| Meath | 3,112 | +18 |
| Monaghan | 1,156 | +4 |
| Offaly | 1,067 | +16 |
| Roscommon | 819 | No change |
| Sligo | 683 | +8 |
| Tipperary | 1,293 | +16 |
| Waterford | 812 | +3 |
| Westmeath | 1,460 | +9 |
| Wexford | 1,132 | +6 |
| Wicklow | 1,354 | +18 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 7 November.