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COVID Deaths and Cases

From 28 February to 04 September 2020

CSO statistical release, , 11am

COVID-19 Insight Bulletins: Deaths and Cases, Series 11

Information on the people who have died from COVID-19 or have been diagnosed with the virus.

Key Findings:

  • Dublin, Kildare and Limerick made up 64% of all new cases; 497 cases, for the week ended 04 September
  • The number of people who have died from COVID-19 is below 10 for the last 10 weeks
  • The number of weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases is more than 700 cases in each of the last three weeks up to the week ending 04 September.
  • The median age of new confirmed COVID-19 cases was 32 years old for the week ending 04 September
  • The week ending up to and including 04 September was the second consecutive week that every county has recorded a new case
  • The week ending up to and including 04 September was the third consecutive week that Dublin had more than 300 weekly cases
  • This is the fourth week in a row that Tipperary has recorded more than 10 new cases, the fifth such week for Meath and Cork, the sixth for Wexford and Limerick and the tenth for Kildare
  • It is the seventeenth week in a row that Longford has recorded less than 10 new cases, and the sixteenth such week for Mayo and Westmeath
  • Women and those aged between 25-44 continue to account for the highest number of confirmed cases
  • More than half (54%) of confirmed cases are now linked to an outbreak
  • For the week ended 04 September, 53% of cases associated with outbreaks are male, 69% are under 44 years old and 49% were located in private houses
  • In the last 10 weeks, 11% of cases have been in the 0 – 14 age group and 21% in the 15 – 24 age group
  • Health care workers make up 11% of all new cases in the last 10 weeks

This is the eleventh publication in our new series of information bulletins produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), that aim to provide insights into those who have either died from or contracted COVID-19, by using data from the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) provided to the CSO by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and data from the HSE’s Covid Care Tracker (CCT) system.

0-14 years15-24 years25-44 years45-64 years65-79 years80 years and overAll ages
03/07/2020913392260122
10/07/20201040572880146
17/07/20200205822140122
24/07/20201726624370159
31/07/2020434912854140291
07/08/202052119273147260621
14/08/2020771352421452712638
21/08/202075200276159380762
28/08/202088154276176390745
04/09/20201041682701554337777

Deaths:

The data produced by the CSO in Table 2 is based on the Actual Date of Death. Using this method, the CSO has found that while the number of people who have died from COVID-19 is below 10 for the last six weeks, Dublin remains the hardest hit.

The total number of people who have died from COVID-19 is 1,524, with a further 253 deaths cited as probable deaths linked to the virus. For the week ending 04 September, no deaths were recorded.

The virus claimed the lives of 26 more men than women up to and including the week ending 04 September. It also continues to impact the older age groups the hardest, with 64% of all confirmed COVID-19 deaths to date in the 80 years old or older age group.

Confirmed Cases:

The number of weekly confirmed COVID-19 cases is more than 700 cases in each of the last three weeks up to and including 04 September. The total number of confirmed cases is 29,738. The number of cases for the week ending 04 September is 777, an increase of 32 from the previous week.

More than half (54%) of all confirmed cases are now linked to an outbreak. The median age of total confirmed COVID-19 cases remains at 46.

Some 3,508 more females were diagnosed with COVID-19 than males.

The 25-44 age group still show the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 10,409.

In the last 10 weeks, 11% of cases have been in the 0 – 14 age group and 21% in the 15 – 24 age group up from 2% and 7% of all confirmed cases at the start of July.

The over 65 age group account for 7% of cases in the last 10 weeks down from 26% of all cases up to the start of July.

In the last 10 weeks, health care workers accounted for 11% of all cases.

The median age of new confirmed COVID-19 cases was 32 years old for the week ending 04 September.

The week ending up to and including 04 September was the second consecutive week that every county has recorded a new case.

The week ending up to and including 04 September was the third week in a row that Dublin had more than 300 weekly cases since the beginning of May. There were 390 new cases diagnosed in Dublin in the week ending 04 September, down from the peak of 1,848 cases in the week ending 27 March.

This is the fourth week in a row that Tipperary has recorded more than 10 new cases, the fifth such week for Meath and Cork, the sixth for Wexford and Limerick and the tenth for Kildare.

Dublin, Kildare and Limerick made up 64% of all cases for the week ended 04 September.

This is the sixteenth week in a row that Mayo and Westmeath have recorded less than 10 new cases.

This is the seventeenth week in a row that Longford have recorded less than 10 new cases.

Hospitalisations

Last week, the week ending 04 September, 45 people were hospitalised, down from 676 people at the peak, the week ending 27 March. For the fifteenth week in a row there have been less than five people admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). (Note: These figures may need to be adjusted if someone’s condition worsens as there is a time lag between onset of symptoms and hospitalisation.)

Outbreaks

There have been 15,941 positive COVID-19 cases linked to an outbreak, which is defined as two or more cases in the same location and time. Women account for 54% of all cases linked to an outbreak.

Almost one fifth (19%) of outbreaks affected those aged 80 years and older compared with 14% of all cases. The median age of confirmed cases related to an outbreak is 48.

For the week ended 04 September, 53% of cases associated with outbreaks are male, 69% of cases are under 44 years old and 49% were located in private houses.

Dublin, Kildare and Limerick made up 44% of all cases linked to an outbreak for the week ended 04 September.

Outbreaks in Private houses account for 26% of cases, down from 40% in late March.

Nursing Homes accounted for 39% of all confirmed cases related to an outbreak. This has decreased from a peak of 49% in late April.

Hospitals, Residential Institutions and Nursing Homes account for 54% of all cases linked to an outbreak.

From a high of 23% of cases in early March, Travel now accounts for just 2% of all cases related to an outbreak.

The workplace has increased from 3% of cases to 12% since mid-April.

Underlying Conditions

There have been 1,448 deaths of people with underlying conditions from 11,062 confirmed cases with underlying conditions. The median age of those dying with underlying conditions is 83.

There were 1,343 deaths of people with underlying conditions in the over 65 age group. Of the 110 deaths in the 25-64 age group, 103 had underlying conditions.

In terms of underlying conditions, chronic heart disease was present in 45% of deaths.

Contacts

The average number of contacts per positive case per week is five in the week ending 14 August down from six two weeks ago. The number of contacts in the 15-24 age group has decreased to less than six per case from more than 10 in recent weeks.

For further COVID-19 related information go to the CSO COVID-19 Information Hub

Table 1 Profile of COVID-19 Deaths and Cases up to and including Friday September 04 2020

Table 2 & 2A Weekly Profile of COVID-19 Confirmed Deaths

Table 3 & 3A Weekly Profile of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases

Table 4 & 4A Weekly Electoral Division (ED) Analysis of Confirmed Covid-19 Cases

Table 5 Average Contacts per Positive COVID-19 case by Age Group

Table 6 & 6A Weekly Profile of New COVID-19 Cases who are Subsequently Hospitalised

Table 7 & 7A Weekly Profile of Confirmed Cases linked to COVID-19 Outbreaks

Table 8 Profile of COVID-19 Patients with Underlying Conditions up to and including Friday September 04 2020

Full statistical tables can be downloaded here:

Table 2: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 11 - Table 2-2A (XLS 23KB)

Table 3: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 11 - Table 3-3A (XLS 29KB)

Table 4: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 11 - Table 4-4A (XLS 25KB)

Table 6: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 11 - Table 6-6A (XLS 20KB)

Table 7: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 11 - Table 7-7A (XLS 35KB)

 

Further Information

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