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COVID-19 Deaths and Cases, Series 20

COVID Deaths and Cases

From 28 February 2020 to 15 January 2021

CSO statistical release, 22 January 2021, 11am

Information Note

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The date used for reporting on weekly cases in this bulletin is the ‘epidemiological date’, in line with Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) daily reports. This date more accurately reflects the date symptoms are first experienced by the patient.

Figure 1 shows how as the incidence of COVID-19 increased over the Christmas period, the reported cases (yellow line) fell behind the positive tests processed (blue line) and a backlog of cases was created.

In an effort to deal with the increase in cases and clear this backlog the information collected by HPSC in the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) system was temporarily curtailed including a suspension of the Positive Patient Assessment extract from the COVID Care Tracker (CCT, the HSE’s Case Management System for COVID-19). As a result, the epidemiological date from the CIDR system began to track the date positive tests were processed and not onset of symptoms.

	Reported Date	Positive tests	Epidemiological date	Symptomatic Cases
14/12	264	356	669	540
15/12	329	474	650	517
16/12	431	521	726	546
17/12	484	637	774	585
18/12	582	703	862	638
19/12	527	746	834	638
20/12	764	757	888	721
21/12	727	698	1291	1051
22/12	970	1077	1571	1214
23/12	938	1269	1750	1376
24/12	922	1644	1971	1653
25/12	1025	1207	2126	2042
26/12	1296	343	3434	3183
27/12	744	1178	4501	4156
28/12	765	2007	5408	4904
29/12	1546	2867	5637	4805
30/12	1718	4372	5749	4761
31/12	1620	5621	5731	4591
01/01	1754	4554	5410	4687
02/01	3394	6488	5165	4609
03/01	4962	5199	4698	4297
04/01	6110	4430	5249	4618
05/01	5325	6865	4350	3576
06/01	7836	6368	3817	3144
07/01	6521	5156	3221	2604
08/01	8248	5099	3096	2528
09/01	4842	4188	2765	2292
10/01	6888	2922	2443	2164
11/01	4929	2521	2906	2388
12/01	3086	3932	2500	1977
13/01	3569	3854	2314	1707
14/01	3955	3457	1891	1409
15/01	3498	3133	1642	1178
16/01	3231	2868
17/01	2944	1877
18/01	2121	1784
19/01	2001	2791

However, information on onset of symptoms continued to be recorded in the CCT system and therefore the CSO has changed the methodology used to estimate the epidemiological date to include the symptom onset date from the CCT system thus reflecting the date of symptom onset more accurately, in addition to correcting for reporting delays.

Using this revised methodology to estimate epidemiological date (grey line) we can see that the surge in cases started around 20 December. The surge began to slow around 28 December, peaked on 30 December (5,749 cases) and on 04 January a turning point is reached with daily cases beginning to fall. (Note: as the epidemiological date relates most closely to symptom onset it is expected that figures provided in more recent days will be revised upwards in the epidemiological date series. Data reported beyond 19 January on CIDR confirmed cases is not included in this series.)

From 01 January the testing regime was changed, and close contacts were not referred for testing unless symptomatic. The impact of this change can be seen in the daily series of symptomatic cases by epidemiological date (green line). The peak for symptomatic cases was reached earlier on 28 December and remained relatively stable until 04 January.

Due to the reduction in information collected in CIDR over the last number of weeks, data on health care workers, outbreaks and underlying conditions has not been included in this bulletin.

Key Findings:

Some 247 people died due to COVID-19 in the week ending 15 January
More than 50 people have died due to COVID-19 in each of the last three weeks
The number of cases for the week ending 15 January was 16,461, a decrease of 13,135 cases from the previous week
The median age of new confirmed COVID-19 cases was 42 years old for the week ending 15 January
The 25-44 age group showed the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 59,510
In the last two weeks there has been an increase in the number of cases in the over 65 age group making up 15% of confirmed cases in the week ending 15 January
In the week ending 08 January, Dublin accounted for 4,680 cases or 28% of all new cases
Hospitalisations have been increasing since the week ending 11 December and were 828 in the week ending 08 January, the highest recorded
The average number of contacts per positive case per week was two in the week ending 15 January, down from four contacts in late December

This is the twentieth publication in our 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 Swiftcare (A2i) and COVID Care Tracker (CCT) systems. This Bulletin covers the period from 28 February 2020 to 15 January 2021.

Confirmed Cases

For the week ending 15 January, the number of weekly cases was 16,461, a decrease of 13,135 from the previous week. This is the third highest weekly number of cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last March. The total number of confirmed cases to date is 175,082.

Dublin accounted for more than a quarter (4,680) of all new cases for the week ending 15 January and it was the second week in a row that weekly cases in Dublin have fallen. Cork was the county with the second highest number of new cases (1,985) for the week ending 15 January. No other counties had more than 1,000 weekly cases in the week ending 15 January. Leitrim and Longford had less than 100 weekly cases in the week ending 15 January.

The median age of new confirmed COVID-19 cases was 42 years old for the week ending 15 January. The median age for all cases is 38 years old. Galway has the lowest median age at 31 while Wicklow is highest at 42.

Since the start of the pandemic, some 9,186 more females were diagnosed with COVID-19 than males.

The 25-44 age group still showed the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 59,510. In the last two weeks there has been an increase in the number of cases in the 65 – 79 and 80 years or older age groups with these groupings together making up 15% of confirmed cases in the week ending 15 January (figure 2).

Week Ending	Weekly Cases	% 65 and over
04/09/2020	1025	9.36585365853659
11/09/2020	1654	9.49214026602177
18/09/2020	2080	10.9615384615385
25/09/2020	2443	8.80065493246009
02/10/2020	3194	9.26737633061991
09/10/2020	4724	7.28196443691787
16/10/2020	7025	8.38434163701068
23/10/2020	5351	9.1758549803775
30/10/2020	4196	10.4623450905624
06/11/2020	3033	12.4629080118694
13/11/2020	2694	12.3979213066073
20/11/2020	2198	12.0109190172884
27/11/2020	1842	12.486427795874
04/12/2020	1937	13.6293236964378
11/12/2020	2176	11.71875
18/12/2020	4509	12.1756487025948
25/12/2020	13992	10.4202401372213
01/01/2021	35802	9.77878330819507
08/01/2021	29596	11.2380051358292
15/01/2021	16461	15.570135471721

Hospitalisations

Table 6 shows weekly hospitalisations and admission to Intensive Care Units (ICU). These are dated using the epidemiological date of infection and so can be compared with confirmed cases. Hospitalisations have been increasing since the week ending 11 December and were 828 in the week ending 08 January, the highest recorded. It is important to note that there is a time lag between onset of symptoms and hospital admissions and trends in confirmed cases in hospitals suggest that the numbers reported for recent weeks will be revised upwards and thus are marked as provisional.

Referrals and Testing

There were 136,169 referrals for community testing where a valid reservation was recorded in the week ending 15 January. Referrals for testing decreased in the last week, in particular among the 15 – 24 age groups, which decreased from 22,996 to 16,571 in the week ending 15 January. Some 52% of referrals were from GPs in the week ending 15 January. Analysis on referral speciality type shows that while residential settings / institutions / schools’ referrals for testing have remained consistent for the last number of weeks - General COVID-19 testing has dropped by 26,802 while healthcare / essential worker testing has increased in the week ending 15 January.

Testing numbers cannot be directly compared with referrals for community testing; there is a significant number of tests completed in hospitals as well as a time lag between referral and test completion. Several referrals also do not result in a test being completed. However, weekly testing numbers from HSE labs and hospitals show there were 168,831 tests completed in the week ending 15 January. The positivity rate in the week ending 15 January was 15.4%, down from 22.4% the previous week.

Deaths

The results produced by the CSO in Table 2 are based on the Actual Date of Death. Using this method, the CSO has found that the number of people who have died due to COVID-19 has been greater than 50 for each of the last three weeks and Dublin continues to be the worst hit.

Since the start of the pandemic, the total number of people who have died due to COVID-19 in Ireland is 2,361, with a further 175 deaths cited as probable deaths linked to the virus. For the week ending 15 January, 247 deaths were recorded.

The virus claimed the lives of 163 more men than women up to and including the week ending 15 January. It also continues to impact the older age groups the hardest, with 63% of all confirmed COVID-19 deaths to date in the 80 years old or older age group.

Contacts

The average number of contacts per positive case per week was two in the week ending 15 January, down from four contacts per case in late December. This implies details of more than 32,000 close contacts were recorded in the week.

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 January 15 2021

Table 1: Profile of COVID-19 Deaths and Cases up to and including Friday January 15 2021 ^{1, 5}
	Total Deaths ²	Median Age of Deaths	Total Cases ³	Median Age of Cases
All cases of COVID-19	2,536		175,082	38
Confirmed cases of COVID-19	2,361	83	175,082	38
Probable cases of COVID-19 ⁴	175		0	0

Profile of the confirmed cases follows:

Sex
Female	1,099	85	92,105	38
Male	1,262	81	82,919	37
Unknown	0	0	58	33

Age
0-14	0	0	14,575	8
15-24	..	..	31,322	20
25-44	22	36	59,510	34
45-64	154	58	46,909	53
65-79	688	74	13,588	71
80+	1,495	87	9,109	86
Age not stated	..	..	69	0

County
Carlow	33	82	1,959	39
Cavan	59	84	3,930	38
Clare	54	82	3,879	37
Cork	114	84	17,769	37
Donegal	82	83	7,126	38
Dublin	1,026	84	59,921	38
Galway	41	83	6,722	31
Kerry	24	83	3,749	35
Kildare	178	82	7,719	39
Kilkenny	43	83	2,938	38
Laois	37	77	2,326	39
Leitrim	5	72	576	37
Limerick	84	83	8,609	36
Longford	8	85	1,136	36
Louth	75	82	6,532	39
Mayo	80	82	4,594	39
Meath	70	81	7,249	38
Monaghan	61	84	3,721	39
Offaly	25	81	2,312	39
Roscommon	31	88	1,846	39
Sligo	7	85	1,800	33
Tipperary	37	88	3,799	39
Waterford	24	80	3,963	38
Westmeath	41	84	2,640	37
Wexford	58	80	5,041	38
Wicklow	64	81	3,226	42

¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision
²Data is defined by date of death
³Data is defined by epidemiological date case which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date, event creation/notification date
⁴Probable deaths are still awaiting validation so further details are not available. This involves cases that may be waiting for lab confirmation etc. Probable deaths may be reclassified as confirmed deaths or denotified at a later date.
⁵ '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified

Open in Excel: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 20 - Table 1 (XLS 13KB)

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

Table 2: Weekly Profile of COVID-19 Confirmed Deaths ^1,3
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*
Total	27	28	37	33	33	40	35	30	29	35	43	57	97	247

Sex
Female	12	13	15	9	16	18	17	11	16	16	18	29	36	104
Male	15	15	22	24	17	22	18	19	13	19	25	28	61	143
Unknown	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0

Age
0-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	0
25-44	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	..	..
45-64	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	8	..	8	16
65-79	8	7	13	11	11	9	14	8	5	13	15	16	27	80
80+	15	20	22	21	21	30	19	21	22	15	20	38	60	151
Age not stated	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	0	..	..	..

Median Age	80	85	81	84	82	84	80	83	84	79	78	84	84	84

County
Carlow	0	0	..	..	0	0	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cavan	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	..	..
Clare	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	0	0	..	7
Cork	..	..	5	..	5	..	0	0	..	..	0	..	8	26
Donegal	0	..	..	..	..	..	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	7
Dublin	11	7	7	..	..	5	11	9	11	10	25	16	35	65
Galway	0	..	..	..	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	16
Kerry	0	..	0	..	..	..	..	0	..	0	0	..	..	0
Kildare	..	0	5	5	..	5	..	..	0	0	..	0	0	5
Kilkenny	..	0	0	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7
Laois	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	..
Leitrim	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limerick	0	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	10	9	24
Longford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louth	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	5	..	7	..	..	..	..
Mayo	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	21
Meath	..	..	..	..	5	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	..
Monaghan	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	..	..
Offaly	0	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	..	0	0	0	..
Roscommon	0	..	..	0	0	..	..	0	..	..	0	..	..	..
Sligo	0	0	0	0	..	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tipperary	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	..	..
Waterford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..	14
Westmeath	0	..	0	0	..	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	5
Wexford	..	..	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	5	19
Wicklow	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	..	..	..	0	5	..	..



Table 2A: Weekly Profile of Cumulative COVID-19 Confirmed Deaths (%) ^1,3
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*	% Gen Pop⁵
Sex
Female	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	47%	47%	51%
Male	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	53%	53%	49%

Age
0-14	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	21%
15-24	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	12%
25-44	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	30%
45-64	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	7%	7%	24%
65-79	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	10%
80+	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	64%	63%	63%	3%

County
Carlow	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Cavan	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%
Clare	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Cork	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	5%	5%	12%
Donegal	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Dublin	51%	50%	50%	48%	48%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	44%	44%	28%
Galway	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	6%
Kerry	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%
Kildare	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	8%	8%	5%
Kilkenny	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%
Laois	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Leitrim	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Limerick	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	4%	4%	4%
Longford	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Louth	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Mayo	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Meath	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Monaghan	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	1%
Offaly	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Roscommon	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Sligo	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Tipperary	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Waterford	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%
Westmeath	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Wexford	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Wicklow	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%

* latest week is preliminary
¹ Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision
²Data is defined by date of death in CIDR
³ '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified
⁴Week ending 20/03/2020 includes all deaths up to that date, including previous weeks.
⁵ General Population from Census 2016

Open in Excel: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 20 - Table 2 (XLS 17KB)

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

Table 3: Weekly Profile of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases ^1,2,3,4
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*
Total	7,025	6,463	4,196	3,033	2,694	2,198	1,842	1,937	2,176	4,509	13,992	35,802	29,596	16,461

Gender
Female	3,622	3,282	2,160	1,583	1,416	1,124	920	994	1,146	2,266	7,307	18,712	15,643	8,873
Male	3,399	3,180	2,030	1,448	1,276	1,073	915	940	1,029	2,233	6,685	17,078	13,941	7,579
Unknown	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	..	..	10	0	12	12	9

Age
0-14	904	913	682	426	394	344	302	339	329	562	1,175	2,589	1,995	1,160
15-24	1,806	1,497	818	533	470	483	320	268	340	692	2,702	6,972	5,521	2,300
25-44	2,089	1,856	1,227	950	840	664	565	593	758	1,481	4,944	12,749	10,464	5,565
45-64	1,630	1,573	1,026	746	656	442	425	473	504	1,235	3,663	9,991	8,290	4,873
65-79	423	423	283	215	183	160	130	154	152	350	1,061	2,602	2,222	1,361
80+	171	200	156	163	151	104	100	110	93	189	397	899	1,104	1,202
Age not stated	..	..	..	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0

Median Age	31	33	34	37	36	33	36	37	33	38	35	37	37	42

County
Carlow	65	78	43	26	22	22	24	46	44	76	147	420	408	243
Cavan	377	273	74	42	40	26	17	30	64	78	193	627	468	314
Clare	128	148	96	59	51	42	19	21	10	37	326	930	792	336
Cork	931	770	598	217	189	248	111	71	72	298	1,513	4,224	3,553	1,985
Donegal	225	280	223	211	186	173	182	182	178	282	662	1262	974	632
Dublin	1,745	1,512	1,275	881	790	648	616	614	674	1578	4,750	11,592	9,322	4,680
Galway	480	446	198	107	98	51	73	68	62	93	495	1,277	1,237	856
Kerry	216	196	77	57	49	34	26	14	27	186	332	917	617	326
Kildare	263	288	151	111	104	74	46	53	85	160	542	1,213	1023	624
Kilkenny	92	70	67	59	47	59	75	106	87	159	291	680	416	186
Laois	108	94	72	30	25	28	26	22	56	100	145	385	389	281
Leitrim	33	30	..	17	13	5	..	..	6	6	26	132	89	37
Limerick	279	273	205	246	217	154	120	145	129	250	864	2,007	1,715	877
Longford	57	47	..	26	21	17	21	23	32	11	40	170	162	55
Louth	153	223	121	155	140	136	96	111	127	206	583	1,560	1,178	718
Mayo	163	158	116	53	47	63	40	60	87	45	264	1,177	982	599
Meath	622	527	225	142	126	96	45	46	85	166	429	1,377	1,163	629
Monaghan	113	98	36	31	27	32	37	45	30	90	377	823	749	446
Offaly	72	58	40	70	65	24	18	28	35	29	151	370	363	220
Roscommon	55	109	59	79	69	28	16	17	13	24	92	323	307	125
Sligo	118	149	55	26	20	24	16	8	21	53	120	472	243	118
Tipperary	108	98	106	96	88	62	75	58	58	63	282	725	689	474
Waterford	121	130	90	129	120	47	44	41	50	109	319	1,085	764	646
Westmeath	168	165	108	82	71	21	13	..	19	37	176	348	374	162
Wexford	236	153	57	27	25	30	..	20	75	299	629	1,232	1,165	581
Wicklow	97	90	72	54	44	54	73	95	50	74	244	474	454	311

Table 3A: Weekly Profile of Cumulative COVID-19 Confirmed Cases (%) ^1,2,3,5
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*	% Gen Pop
Gender
Female	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	53%	51%
Male	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	47%	49%
Unknown	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Age
0-14	7%	7%	8%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	8%	8%	8%	21%
15-24	16%	17%	17%	17%	17%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	12%
25-44	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	34%	34%	34%	30%
45-64	27%	27%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	27%	27%	27%	24%
65-79	9%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	10%
80+	8%	8%	8%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	5%	5%	5%	3%
Age not stated	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

County
Carlow	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Cavan	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Clare	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Cork	8%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	10%	10%	10%	12%
Donegal	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	3%
Dublin	41%	39%	39%	38%	38%	37%	37%	37%	37%	37%	37%	34%	34%	34%	28%
Galway	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	6%
Kerry	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Kildare	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	4%	4%	4%	5%
Kilkenny	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Laois	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Leitrim	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Limerick	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	5%	5%	5%	4%
Longford	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Louth	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	3%
Mayo	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Meath	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Monaghan	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%
Offaly	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%
Roscommon	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Sligo	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Tipperary	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Waterford	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Westmeath	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Wexford	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	3%
Wicklow	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%

* latest week is preliminary
¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision
²Data is defined by epidemiological date which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date and event creation/notification date
³ '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified
⁴Week ending 06/03/2020 includes all cases up to that date, including previous weeks.
⁵ General Population from Census 2016

Open in Excel: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 20 - Table 3 (XLS 19KB)

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

Table 4 & 4A Weekly Electoral Division (ED) Analysis of Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/11	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*
Total	7,025	5,351	4,196	3,033	2,694	2,198	1,842	1,937	2,176	4,509	13,992	35,802	29,596	16,461

Urban / Rural ⁴
Cities	2,505	1,825	1,363	1,055	1,072	880	730	661	845	1,751	5,015	13,598	12,231	6,392
Satellite urban towns	1,108	786	594	439	292	268	278	245	252	522	3,197	4,754	4,250	2,407
Independent urban towns	1,345	1,125	689	590	594	444	336	454	368	764	2,052	5,933	4,463	2,789
Rural areas with high urban influence	992	722	406	403	346	265	209	245	337	698	1,901	5,422	4,079	2,049
Rural areas with moderate urban influence	614	411	390	272	229	200	200	221	224	464	1,116	3,689	2,763	1,692
Highly rural / remote areas	372	251	204	171	125	112	73	94	130	269	616	2,085	1,568	981
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	95	321	242	151

Population Density ⁵
0- 50 people per km²	1,401	1,276	1,014	692	500	644	329	440	500	1,035	2,974	8,103	7,048	3,780
50 - 500 people per km²	2,312	1,413	906	824	761	541	585	550	572	1,187	3,721	9,624	8,057	4,332
500 - 2,500 people per km²	1,514	1,314	901	792	626	584	372	411	470	975	3,234	7,752	5,821	3,556
> 2,500 people per km²	1,709	1,117	825	622	771	400	540	519	614	1,271	3,915	10,002	8,428	4,642
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

Median Household Income ⁶
< €30,000	512	514	253	229	262	192	143	166	120	249	572	1,938	1,658	911
€30,000 - €39,999	1,777	1,296	917	754	742	647	437	508	540	1,118	3,551	8,754	7,534	4,082
€40,000 - €49,999	1,932	1,571	993	874	746	629	584	587	661	1,370	4,141	10,637	9,003	5,001
€50,000 - €59,999	1,469	962	740	603	519	395	394	345	451	934	3,142	7,955	6,458	3,410
€60,000 - €69,999	873	470	593	334	299	229	184	178	272	563	1,850	4,368	3,286	2,054
€70,000 - €79,999	268	236	107	105	67	51	51	84	73	151	371	1,177	907	551
€80,000 - €89,999	93	61	38	25	18	21	28	47	34	73	192	595	450	266
€90,000 +	12	10	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	10	25	44	58	35
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

Proportion of HH's where working age social welfare was majority of income in ED ⁷
20% +	1,570	1,234	875	774	765	583	394	500	457	948	2,826	7,547	5,789	3,460
13%-19.99%	1,932	1,521	961	855	714	571	531	545	620	1,263	3,897	10,011	8,381	4,623
9%-12.99%	1,377	917	748	533	569	431	350	413	479	993	3,263	7,906	6,798	3,613
<9%	2,057	1,448	1,062	769	610	584	551	462	600	1,264	3,858	10,017	8,386	4,614
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

Proportion of HH's where state pension was majority of income in ED ⁸
20% +	758	450	424	324	322	286	186	203	268	556	1,875	4,318	3,502	2,030
13%-19.99%	2,264	1,839	1,081	998	846	683	624	706	779	1,615	4,703	12,729	10,435	5,896
9%-12.99%	1,635	1,214	1,011	665	653	526	416	481	523	1,083	3,483	8,708	7,326	3,953
<9%	2,279	1,617	1,130	943	837	674	600	530	586	1,214	3,783	9,726	8,091	4,431
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

Proportion of People Renting in ED
>40%	1,653	1,153	920	638	749	654	457	452	435	901	2,718	7,982	6,261	3,288
25%-40%	2,179	1,611	951	895	858	696	615	681	704	1,459	4,276	11,631	8,776	5,327
15%-24%	1,486	838	552	497	493	393	329	370	489	1,013	3,338	7,930	6,919	3,699
<15%	1,618	1,518	1,223	900	558	426	425	417	528	1,095	3,512	8,938	7,398	3,996
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

HP Pobal Deprivation Index
First quintile - Very disadvantaged	935	831	519	415	392	334	227	286	302	626	1,759	4,864	4,310	2,286
Second quintile - Disadvantaged	1,655	1,245	851	709	668	539	424	477	532	1,103	3,528	8,850	7,158	4,025
Third quintile - Average	1,547	1,175	816	670	611	546	513	504	509	1,055	3,415	8,389	6,803	3,850
Fourth quintile - Affluent	1,912	1,319	886	812	673	408	411	368	526	1,089	3,448	8,591	6,956	3,977
Fifth quintile - Very affluent (least deprived)	908	550	504	324	314	342	251	285	287	595	1,694	4,787	4,127	2,172
Unknown	68	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151

Proportion of medical card holders in ED⁹
41% +	2,083	1,738	1,045	998	889	748	606	670	653	1,354	4,055	10,597	9,123	4,944
32%-40.99%	1,644	1,171	723	646	642	465	349	454	499	1,035	3,371	8,726	6,698	3,775
25%-31.99%	1,308	928	874	537	514	434	363	345	446	924	2,772	7,177	6,133	3,374
<25%	1,901	1,283	1,004	749	613	522	508	451	558	1,155	3,646	8,981	7,400	4,217
Unknown	89	231	550	103	36	29	16	17	20	41	148	321	242	151
Table 4a: Weekly Electoral Division (ED) Analysis of Cumulative Confirmed Covid-19 Cases (%) ^1,2,3,10,12
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/11	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01*	% Gen Pop
Urban / Rural ⁴
Cities	42%	41%	41%	41%	41%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	33%
Satellite urban towns	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	13%	15%	15%	14%
Independent urban towns	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	18%
Rural areas with high urban influence	11%	11%	11%	11%	11%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	14%	13%	13%	16%
Rural areas with moderate urban influence	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	10%	9%	9%	12%
Highly rural / remote areas	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	7%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Population Density ⁵
0- 50 people per km²	17%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	18%	19%	19%	19%	19%	20%	21%	21%	26%
50 - 500 people per km²	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	27%	27%	27%	28%
500 - 2,500 people per km²	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	23%	23%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	21%
> 2,500 people per km²	31%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	28%	28%	25%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Median Household Income ⁶
< 30k	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	6%	5%
30k - 40k	23%	22%	22%	22%	22%	23%	23%	24%	24%	24%	24%	25%	24%	24%	25%
40k - 50k	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	28%	28%	28%	28%	29%	29%	29%	30%
50k - 60k	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	21%	21%	21%
60k - 70k	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%	13%
70k - 80k	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	4%
80k - 90k	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
90k +	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Proportion of HH's where working age social welfare was majority of income in ED ⁷
20% +	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	21%	21%	29%
13%-19.99%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	26%	27%	27%	27%	23%
9%-12.99%	21%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	21%	22%	22%	24%
<9%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	28%	24%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Proportion of HH's where state pension was majority of income in ED ⁸
20% +	9%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	11%	11%	11%	26%
13%-19.99%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	33%	33%	33%	25%
9%-12.99%	25%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%
<9%	33%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	30%	30%	30%	25%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Proportion of People Renting in ED
>40%	24%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	22%	22%	22%	20%
25%-40%	32%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	32%	31%	31%	32%
15%-24%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	21%	21%	21%	21%
<15%	21%	22%	22%	22%	22%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	24%	24%	27%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

HP Pobal Deprivation Index
First quintile - Very disadvantaged	17%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	16%	15%	15%	15%	12%
Second quintile - Disadvantaged	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	25%	24%	24%	25%
Third quintile - Average	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	23%	23%	23%	24%
Fourth quintile - Affluent	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	23%	25%
Fifth quintile - Very affluent (least deprived)	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	12%	13%	13%	15%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%

Proportion of medical card holders in ED⁹
41% +	28%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	24%
32%-40.99%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	22%	22%	22%	24%
25%-31.99%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	19%	18%	18%	18%	18%	19%	20%	20%	23%
<25%	29%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	27%	26%	26%	29%
Unknown	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	2%
* latest week is preliminary
¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision
²Data is defined by epidemiological date which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date and event creation/notification date
³ '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified
⁴ Urban Rural definitions from Urban and Rural Life in Ireland 2019, https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-urli/urbanandrurallifeinireland2019/
⁵ Census of Population 2016
⁶ Median Household Income per Electoral Division from Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2016, https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-gpii/geographicalprofilesofincomeinireland2016/
⁷ Proportion of households where working age social welfare was majority of income by ED from Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2016, https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-gpii/geographicalprofilesofincomeinireland2016/
⁸ Proportion of households where state pension was majority of income by ED from Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2016, https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-gpii/geographicalprofilesofincomeinireland2016/
⁹ Proportion of medical card holders by ED from Geographical Profiles of Income in Ireland 2016, https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-gpii/geographicalprofilesofincomeinireland2016/
¹⁰ Unknown is where ED is not available in CIDR
¹¹Week ending 06/03/2020 includes all cases up to that date, including previous weeks.
¹² General Population from Census 2016

Open in Excel: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 20 - Table 4 (XLS 23KB)

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 6: Weekly Profile of New COVID-19 Cases who are Subsequently Hospitalised ^1,2,3,4
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01*	08/01*	15/01*
Hospitalised
Total	229	241	176	208	165	150	116	118	98	153	284	671	828	754

Gender
Female	113	116	96	106	86	70	52	49	50	70	131	324	423	385
Male	115	125	80	100	79	80	64	68	48	83	153	346	405	368
Not Specified	..	0	0	..	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	..	0	..

Age Group
0-24	19	13	16	10	8	7	..	8	9	..	19	..	58	..
25-44	61	39	43	36	26	26	14	17	19	20	69	138	174	147
45-64	55	69	40	45	42	25	28	36	23	39	79	201	203	198
65-79	51	68	42	58	50	49	35	35	31	51	73	155	197	192
80+	43	52	35	59	39	43	36	22	16	35	44	130	196	188
Not Specified	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	..	0	..	0	..

Median Age	57	64	59	68	67	71	72	64	64	69	58	60	62	65

of which Admitted to ICU
Total	17	29	17	18	15	12	7	13	14	18	41	90	96	37

Gender
Female	5	8	..	5	9	5	..	..	6	7	15	30	34	14
Male	12	21	14	13	6	7	6	9	8	11	26	60	62	23
Not Specified	0	0	..	0	0	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0

Age Group
0-24	..	0	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	0
25-44	..	0	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	8	..
45-64	5	9	..	5	7	..	..	6	6	..	17	37	39	19
65-79	8	19	8	11	6	7	0	..	6	10	18	37	37	9
80+	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	5	8	9	5
Not Specified	0	..	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	..	..

Median Age	65	71	65	67	57	69	50	62	63	70	67	65	64	60


Table 6A Weekly Profile of Hospitalisations of Cumulative Confirmed COVID-19 Cases (%) ^1,2,3
	2020											2021
	16/10	23/10	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01*	08/01*	15/01*
Gender
Female	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	48%	49%	49%	49%
Male	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	52%	51%	51%	51%
Not Specified	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Age Group
0-24	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	6%	6%	6%	6%
25-44	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	21%	20%	20%	20%	20%
45-64	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	29%	28%	28%	27%	27%
65-79	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	24%	25%	25%	25%	25%
80+	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	22%	21%	21%	22%	22%
Not Specified	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

of which Admitted to ICU

Gender
Female	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	31%	32%	32%	32%	32%
Male	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	69%	68%	68%	68%	68%
Not Specified	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Age Group
0-24	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
25-44	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	11%	11%	11%	10%
45-64	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	43%	43%	43%	43%
65-79	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	33%	39%	39%	39%	39%
80+	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	6%
Not Specified	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

* latest 3 weeks are provisional
¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision
² '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified
³Week ending 06/03/2020 includes all cases up to that date, including previous weeks.
⁴ Data is defined by epidemiological date which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date and event creation/notification date

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Table 9: Weekly Referrals for Community COVID-19 Tests, Tests Completed and Positivity Rate

Table 9: Weekly Referrals for Community Covid-19 Tests, Tests Completed and Positivity Rate ^1,2
	2020									2021
	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01
Weekly Referrals for Community Covid-19 test by Age category
0 - 14 years	10,997	7,884	7,773	8,630	8350	9,117	9,193	12,218	14,331	16,215	9,631	7,100
15 - 24 years	11,387	8,927	8,610	8,388	8028	8,015	9,595	11,445	14,388	23,770	22,996	16,571
25 - 44 years	26,892	24,534	23,633	23,102	20405	24,703	23,601	31,882	36,460	50,266	58,683	53,822
45-64 years	21,383	18,819	18,215	18,201	16041	19,421	17,976	24,355	24,356	37,503	43,127	43,049
65-79 years	3,435	3,000	2,650	2,682	2324	2,772	2,721	4,005	5,385	9,391	9,390	8,414
80 years and over	1,757	1,520	1,154	1,200	1354	1,411	1,353	1,954	2,878	5,344	6,509	7,213
Total	75,851	64,684	62,035	62,203	56,502	65,439	64,439	85,859	97,798	142,489	150,336	136,169

Weekly Referrals for Community Covid-19 test by Source
GPs	43,489	34,137	29,618	30,263	27,414	28,257	29,957	45,351	70,114	112,358	105,325	71,149
Other Source ³	32,362	30,547	32,417	31,940	29,088	37,182	34,482	40,508	27,684	30,131	45,011	65,020
All sources	75,851	64,684	62,035	62,203	56,502	65,439	64,439	85,859	97,798	142,489	150,336	136,169

Weekly Referrals for Community Covid-19 test by Speciality Type
Contact testing/ At risk groups	22,489	15,595	12,118	11,448	9,667	9,012	9,501	14,504	27,071	49,099	16,408	12,295
General COVID-19 testing	24,188	19,497	21,494	20,732	20,804	23,251	25,556	29,237	36,030	57,417	88,167	61,365
Healthcare/ Essential worker testing	21,740	24,069	23,081	24,486	21,081	27,883	24,842	34,635	21,078	24,596	34,461	49,185
Residential settings/ Institutions/ Schools	7,434	5,523	5,342	5,537	4,950	5,293	4,540	7,483	8,678	10,131	10,218	11,774
Travel from UK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,941	1,246	1,082	1,550
Total	75,851	64,684	62,035	62,203	56,502	65,439	64,439	85,859	97,798	142,489	150,336	136,169

Weekly Tests Completed and Positivity Rate
Weekly Tests Completed	99,657	83,178	77,518	78,092	75,601	75,462	78,416	85,098	118,374	109,930	174,158	168,831
Weekly Positivity Rate	5.30	4.30	3.50	3.50	2.60	2.60	2.50	3.50	5.80	16.00	22.40	15.40

¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for Referrals for Community Covid-19 test from SwiftQueue system and is subject to revision
² Table includes referrals where valid reservation for test is made
³ Other Source includes ; Contact Tracing Team Public Health GP Public Health Nurse Residential Setting

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Table 5: Average Contacts per Positive COVID-19 Case by Age Group ¹
	2020									2021
	30/10	06/11	13/11	20/11	27/11	04/12	11/12	18/12	25/12	01/01	08/01	15/01
0-14 years	2.59	2.50	2.80	2.21	2.67	2.67	2.68	2.76	2.53	1.93	2.22	1.70
15-24 years	3.34	3.82	4.18	3.70	4.17	3.56	4.16	4.90	5.22	3.42	3.73	2.59
25-44 years	3.25	3.51	3.55	3.67	3.41	3.63	3.62	4.48	4.17	3.34	3.55	2.64
45-64 years	2.70	3.36	3.13	3.34	3.29	2.94	3.22	4.07	4.20	2.93	2.97	2.45
65-79 years	2.41	2.48	2.24	2.68	1.98	2.14	2.66	3.28	3.50	2.31	2.51	1.69
80 years and over	2.44	2.90	1.95	2.34	2.36	2.77	2.96	2.01	2.04	1.97	2.18	1.62
All ages	2.97	3.33	3.35	3.34	3.27	3.12	3.44	4.08	4.60	3.02	3.24	2.41
¹Table includes data as of 20th January 2021 for contacts of positive COVID-19 cases from CCT (COVID Care Tracker) data up to midnight Friday 15th January 2021 and is subject to revision

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