Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Wednesday 14 October
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 14 October 2020
- Last updated on: 15 October 2020
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has been a total of 1,835 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Tuesday 13 October the HPSC has been notified of 1,095 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 45,243* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 11 confirmed cases. The figure of 45,243 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 529 are men / 552 are women
- 70% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 31 years old
- 246 in Dublin, 185 in Meath, 128 in Cavan, 118 in Cork, 63 in Kildare and the remaining 342 cases are spread across all remaining counties
As of 2pm today, 232 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 30 are in ICU. There have been 9 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"Today, we again report a daily new confirmed case figure over 1,000. This situation is extremely concerning. Every single one of us has a role to play.
"We each need to reduce contact with other people as much as possible, so that means staying at home, working from home where possible, practising physical distancing and stopping discretionary socialising."
Dr. Ronan Glynn, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health said:
"People must now make choices. Stop meeting up in groups, stop socialising, stop organising play dates, parties and other social activities. People must recognise that the disease is a direct threat to themselves and their families. Now is the time for each of us to act."
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 13 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 13/10/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 13/10/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 13/10/20) |
| NATIONAL | 1,095 | 190.7 | 9,079 |
| Cavan | 128 | 571.0 | 435 |
| Monaghan | 31 | 360.0 | 221 |
| Donegal | 29 | 353.7 | 563 |
| Clare | 22 | 307.2 | 365 |
| Meath | 185 | 299.9 | 585 |
| Cork | 118 | 209.4 | 1,137 |
| Sligo | 14 | 207.5 | 136 |
| Limerick | 28 | 192.4 | 375 |
| Roscommon | 8 | 189.0 | 122 |
| Kildare | 63 | 188.3 | 419 |
| Dublin | 246 | 185.4 | 2,498 |
| Longford | <5 | 181.0 | 74 |
| Wexford | 23 | 174.3 | 261 |
| Galway | 50 | 174.0 | 449 |
| Westmeath | 9 | 171.2 | 152 |
| Louth | 56 | 153.6 | 198 |
| Kerry | 14 | 153.0 | 226 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 146.7 | 47 |
| Offaly | <5 | 142.4 | 111 |
| Laois | <5 | 135.8 | 115 |
| Kilkenny | 7 | 104.8 | 104 |
| Mayo | 13 | 89.7 | 117 |
| Tipperary | 11 | 82.7 | 132 |
| Carlow | <5 | 80.8 | 46 |
| Wicklow | 8 | 77.2 | 110 |
| Waterford | 6 | 69.7 | 81 |
- Further validation is required on 13 of today’s cases and they are not yet assigned to a county.
Hospital statistics
| Total number of cases | 44,158 |
| Total number hospitalised | 3,877 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 503 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,580 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 9,719 |
| Number clusters notified | 5,022 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 23,252 |
| Median age | 42 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.
Gender of patients
| Gender | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Female | 23,799 | +390 |
| Male | 20,315 | +420 |
| Unknown | 44 | No change |
| Total | 44,158 | +810 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.
Age range affected
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 747 | +20 |
| 5 - 14 | 1,701 | +56 |
| 15 - 24 | 6,499 | +245 |
| 25 - 34 | 7,790 | +144 |
| 35 - 44 | 7,228 | +98 |
| 45 - 54 | 7,077 | +94 |
| 55 - 64 | 4,990 | +80 |
| 65 - 74 | 2,716 | +38 |
| 75 - 84 | 2,757 | +23 |
| 85+ | 2,624 | +12 |
| Unknown | 29 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 27.5 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 66 |
| Travel abroad | 2 |
| Unknown | 4.5 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.
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 close contact.
Hospitalised cases by age group
| Age range | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| 0 - 4 | 38 | No change |
| 5 - 14 | 31 | No change |
| 15 - 24 | 113 | +4 |
| 25 - 34 | 246 | +5 |
| 35 - 44 | 313 | +4 |
| 45 - 54 | 508 | +1 |
| 55 - 64 | 581 | +8 |
| 65 - 74 | 686 | +1 |
| 75 - 84 | 836 | +4 |
| 85+ | 523 | +2 |
| Unknown | 2 | No change |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.
Cases by county
Note: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre have advised that in the process of validating data and reviewing addresses, county totals may change due to cases being reassigned to another county. Totals can go up or down.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 329 | +6 |
| Cavan | 1,260 | +22 |
| Clare | 929 | +39 |
| Cork | 3,164 | +138 |
| Donegal | 1,483 | +23 |
| Dublin | 19,391 | +186 |
| Galway | 1,162 | +39 |
| Kerry | 603 | +50 |
| Kildare | 2,941 | +40 |
| Kilkenny | 556 | +15 |
| Laois | 565 | +4 |
| Leitrim | 160 | +4 |
| Limerick | 1,301 | +39 |
| Longford | 425 | +5 |
| Louth | 1,182 | +2 |
| Mayo | 752 | +9 |
| Meath | 1,469 | +38 |
| Monaghan | 863 | +3 |
| Offaly | 834 | +8 |
| Roscommon | 562 | +3 |
| Sligo | 302 | +7 |
| Tipperary | 910 | +15 |
| Waterford | 415 | +7 |
| Westmeath | 921 | +20 |
| Wexford | 637 | +62 |
| Wicklow | 1,042 | +16 |
- All statistics measured at midnight on Monday 12 October.