Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Monday 30 November
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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 2,053 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Sunday 29 November, the HPSC has been notified of 306 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 72,544* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
(*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 3 confirmed cases. The figure of 72,544 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
- 156 are men and 148 are women
- 67% are under 45 years of age
- the median age is 35 years old
- 108 in Dublin, 30 in Limerick, 22 in Galway, 17 in Donegal, 15 in Wicklow, 14 in Cork and the remaining 100 cases are spread across 18 other counties
As of 2pm today, 244 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. There have been 3 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.
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| County | Today’s Cases (to midnight 29/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 29/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 29/11/20) |
| Ireland | 306 | 89.2 | 4,248 |
| Donegal | 17 | 223.6 | 356 |
| Louth | 10 | 179.2 | 231 |
| Limerick | 30 | 142.6 | 278 |
| Kilkenny | 9 | 132 | 131 |
| Dublin | 108 | 104.6 | 1,409 |
| Monaghan | 12 | 99.4 | 61 |
| Roscommon | 0 | 96.1 | 62 |
| Wicklow | 15 | 95.5 | 136 |
| Waterford | <5 | 86.9 | 101 |
| Longford | 5 | 85.6 | 35 |
| Mayo | 10 | 84.3 | 110 |
| Meath | 6 | 82.5 | 161 |
| Tipperary | 9 | 80.9 | 129 |
| Carlow | 7 | 77.3 | 44 |
| Cork | 14 | 68.2 | 370 |
| Kildare | 9 | 61.1 | 136 |
| Cavan | <5 | 60.4 | 46 |
| Sligo | <5 | 56.5 | 37 |
| Laois | <5 | 51.9 | 44 |
| Clare | 5 | 51.3 | 61 |
| Offaly | <5 | 51.3 | 40 |
| Galway | 22 | 49.6 | 128 |
| Kerry | <5 | 44 | 65 |
| Westmeath | <5 | 40.6 | 36 |
| Wexford | <5 | 24.7 | 37 |
| Leitrim | 0 | 12.5 | 4 |
| Total number of cases | 72,238 |
| Total number hospitalised | 5,212 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 619 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,795 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 11,896 |
| Number clusters notified | 9,400 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 39,575 |
| Median age | 39 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 November.
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 34,021 |
| Female | 38,184 |
| Unknown | 33 |
| Total | 72,238 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 November.
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,865 |
| 5 - 14 | 4,560 |
| 15 - 24 | 12,646 |
| 25 - 34 | 12,142 |
| 35 - 44 | 11,332 |
| 45 - 54 | 10,924 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,737 |
| 65 - 74 | 4,155 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,652 |
| 85+ | 3,191 |
| Unknown | 34 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 November.
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 30.5 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 67 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 1.1 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 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 | 57 |
| 5 - 14 | 50 |
| 15 - 24 | 170 |
| 25 - 34 | 321 |
| 35 - 44 | 417 |
| 45 - 54 | 659 |
| 55 - 64 | 748 |
| 65 - 74 | 932 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,154 |
| 85+ | 702 |
| Unknown | 2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 November.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 631 | +8 |
| Cavan | 2,185 | +1 |
| Clare | 1,497 | +5 |
| Cork | 6,380 | +5 |
| Donegal | 2,947 | +41 |
| Dublin | 26,991 | +92 |
| Galway | 2,642 | +11 |
| Kerry | 1,331 | +2 |
| Kildare | 4,086 | +13 |
| Kilkenny | 1,014 | +12 |
| Laois | 978 | +4 |
| Leitrim | 264 | No change |
| Limerick | 2,757 | +11 |
| Longford | 650 | +2 |
| Louth | 2,123 | +14 |
| Mayo | 1,434 | +5 |
| Meath | 3,405 | +11 |
| Monaghan | 1,237 | +3 |
| Offaly | 1,162 | +4 |
| Roscommon | 942 | +2 |
| Sligo | 742 | +2 |
| Tipperary | 1,508 | +13 |
| Waterford | 1,038 | +4 |
| Westmeath | 1,549 | +1 |
| Wexford | 1,198 | +1 |
| Wicklow | 1,547 | +29 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Saturday 28 November.