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Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team 20th October

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 13 additional deaths related to COVID-19.

There has now been a total of 1,865 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.

As of midnight Monday 19th October, the HPSC has been notified of 1,269 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 52,256* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland. 

Of the cases notified today;

  • 657 are men / 609 are women
  • 63% are under 45 years of age
  • The median age is 34 years old
  • 221 in Meath, 203 in Dublin, 116 in Cork, 80 in Cavan and 649 and the remaining 649 cases are spread across all remaining counties.

As of 2pm today, 312 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 34 are in ICU. 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.

*Validation of data at the HPSC has resulted in the denotification of 6 confirmed cases. The figure of 52,256 confirmed cases reflects this.

Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 19 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)

County

Today’s cases

(to midnight 19OCT2020)

14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population

(06OCT2020 to 19OCT2020)

New Cases during last 14 days

(06OCT2020 to 19OCT2020)

NATIONAL

1,269

13,299

Cavan

80

693

Meath

221

1,152

Monaghan

38

247

Sligo

27

233

Westmeath

24

299

Donegal

21

523

Cork

116

1,748

Clare

26

382

Galway

74

810

Wexford

51

444

Longford

14

114

Limerick

74

543

Kildare

61

616

Leitrim

<5

81

Kerry

28

366

Dublin

203

3,222

Roscommon

<5

148

Louth

69

285

Offaly

18

168

Laois

14

169

Carlow

16

111

Mayo

28

240

Kilkenny

15

166

Waterford

22

180

Wicklow

12

176

Tipperary

10

183