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An analysis of the 1,639 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland (as of Wednesday 25 March 2020)
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The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 1,639 cases notified as at midnight Wednesday, 25 March 2020:
The data reveals:
| Total number of cases | 1639 | |
| Total number hospitalised | 419 | |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 59 | |
| Case fatality rate | 1.3 | |
| Total number of healthcare workers | 375 | |
| Number clusters notified | 79 | |
| Median age | 46 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
| Gender | Number | % of Total |
| Female | 760 | 46 |
| Male | 879 | 54 |
| Total | 1639 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
| Age Group | Number | % of Total |
| <1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 - 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 - 14 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 - 24 | 123 | 8 |
| 25 - 34 | 310 | 19 |
| 35 - 44 | 305 | 19 |
| 45 - 54 | 320 | 20 |
| 55 - 64 | 233 | 14 |
| 65+ | 307 | 19 |
| Unknown | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 1383 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
| Community transmission | 28% |
| Close contact with confirmed case | 12% |
| Travel Abroad | 15% |
| Under investigation | 45% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
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 local transmission.
| Travel related | 77 | 25% |
| No foreign travel | 229 | 64% |
| Under investigation | 69 | 13% |
| Total | 375 |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
| <5 | 3 | 1% |
| 5 - 14 | 3 | 1% |
| 15 - 24 | 17 | 4% |
| 25 - 34 | 45 | 11% |
| 35 - 44 | 40 | 10% |
| 45 - 54 | 70 | 17% |
| 55 - 64 | 71 | 17% |
| 65+ | 169 | 40% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
| Carlow | ≤5 | 0% |
| Cavan | 9 | 1% |
| Clare | 26 | 2% |
| Cork | 171 | 10% |
| Donegal | 15 | 1% |
| Dublin | 922 | 56% |
| Galway | 57 | 4% |
| Kerry | 44 | 3% |
| Kildare | 45 | 3% |
| Kilkenny | 20 | 1% |
| Laois | 10 | 1% |
| Leitrim | ≤5 | 0% |
| Limerick | 36 | 2% |
| Longford | ≤5 | 1% |
| Louth | 24 | 2% |
| Mayo | 18 | 1% |
| Meath | 33 | 2% |
| Monaghan | ≤5 | 0% |
| Offaly | 19 | 1% |
| Roscommon | 7 | 0% |
| Sligo | 8 | 1% |
| Tipperary | 34 | 2% |
| Waterford | 25 | 2% |
| Westmeath | 39 | 2% |
| Wexford | 9 | 1% |
| Wicklow | 52 | 4% |
*All statistics measured at midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
≤ means 'less than or equal to'.