Press release
Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Sunday 8 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 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19.
There has now been a total of 1,947 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Saturday 7 November, the HPSC has been notified of 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There has now been a total of 65,394* 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 65,394 confirmed cases reflects this.)
Of the cases notified today:
As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There have been 13 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 7/11/20) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (14 days to midnight 7/11/20) | New Cases during last 14 days (14 days to midnight 7/11/20) |
| Ireland | 542 | 175.5 | 8,356 |
| Donegal | 59 | 295.2 | 470 |
| Meath | 18 | 243.0 | 474 |
| Limerick | 50 | 220.1 | 429 |
| Cavan | <5 | 203.5 | 155 |
| Westmeath | 9 | 198.3 | 176 |
| Cork | 36 | 197.8 | 1,074 |
| Dublin | 181 | 186.8 | 2,517 |
| Sligo | 8 | 186.2 | 122 |
| Louth | 9 | 176.1 | 227 |
| Mayo | 5 | 173.2 | 226 |
| Carlow | 6 | 170.4 | 97 |
| Laois | 18 | 167.7 | 142 |
| Kerry | 18 | 163.2 | 241 |
| Clare | 8 | 162.4 | 193 |
| Longford | 6 | 161.5 | 66 |
| Roscommon | <5 | 156.5 | 101 |
| Waterford | <5 | 148.1 | 172 |
| Monaghan | <5 | 146.6 | 90 |
| Galway | 7 | 145.3 | 375 |
| Kildare | 25 | 142.5 | 317 |
| Kilkenny | 8 | 141.1 | 140 |
| Tipperary | 18 | 124.1 | 198 |
| Offaly | 16 | 115.4 | 90 |
| Wicklow | 17 | 89.9 | 128 |
| Wexford | 6 | 83.5 | 125 |
| Leitrim | <5 | 34.3 | 11 |
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 | 64,852 |
| Total number hospitalised | 4,630 |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 571 |
| Total number of deaths | 1,688 |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 10,862 |
| Number clusters notified | 7,241 |
| Cases associated with clusters | 31,715 |
| Median age | 39 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.
| Gender | Number of cases |
| Male | 30,416 |
| Female | 34,396 |
| Unknown | 40 |
| Total | 64,852 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.
| Age range | Number of cases |
| 0 - 4 | 1,553 |
| 5 - 14 | 3,763 |
| 15 - 24 | 11,231 |
| 25 - 34 | 10,995 |
| 35 - 44 | 10,184 |
| 45 - 54 | 9,895 |
| 55 - 64 | 7,106 |
| 65 - 74 | 3,779 |
| 75 - 84 | 3,341 |
| 85+ | 2,973 |
| Unknown | 32 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.
| Transmission classification | % |
| Community transmission | 32.9 |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 61.8 |
| Travel abroad | 1.4 |
| Unknown | 3.9 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 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 | 290 |
| 35 - 44 | 374 |
| 45 - 54 | 596 |
| 55 - 64 | 689 |
| 65 - 74 | 832 |
| 75 - 84 | 1,001 |
| 85+ | 609 |
| Unknown | 2 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.
| County | Number of cases | Change since the day before |
| Carlow | 567 | +3 |
| Cavan | 2,089 | No change |
| Clare | 1,364 | +9 |
| Cork | 5,787 | +25 |
| Donegal | 2,343 | +41 |
| Dublin | 24,705 | +72 |
| Galway | 2,422 | +12 |
| Kerry | 1,197 | +23 |
| Kildare | 3,826 | +6 |
| Kilkenny | 832 | +21 |
| Laois | 881 | +8 |
| Leitrim | 233 | +3 |
| Limerick | 2,190 | +18 |
| Longford | 593 | +2 |
| Louth | 1,755 | +6 |
| Mayo | 1,278 | +26 |
| Meath | 3,094 | +10 |
| Monaghan | 1,152 | +4 |
| Offaly | 1,051 | No change |
| Roscommon | 819 | +2 |
| Sligo | 675 | +5 |
| Tipperary | 1,277 | +7 |
| Waterford | 809 | +17 |
| Westmeath | 1,451 | +3 |
| Wexford | 1,126 | +6 |
| Wicklow | 1,336 | +3 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Friday 6 November.