An analysis of the 271 cases of COVID-19 in Ireland
(as of 16 March 2020)
Published: 18 March 2020
From: Department of Health
The National Public Health Emergency Team has done an analysis of the 271 cases notified as at midnight Monday, 16 March 2020:
- of the 271 cases notified; 40% are male and 59% female
- 23 clusters of cases appear around the country
- to-date 42% cases are travel related, 22% associated with community transmission, 17% are as a result of local transmission and 20% remain under investigation
- two thirds of cases are younger than 55 years of age, with almost one in four cases aged 35 – 44 years
- 1 in 5 cases are healthcare workers with 37% of these cases associated with travel
- Dublin has the highest number of cases at 129, followed by Cork (48) and Limerick (14)
Hospital statistics
| Source: HSPC | Number of people | *% of total |
| Total number hospitalised | 84 | 31% |
| Total number admitted to ICU | 6 | 2% |
| Total number deaths | 2 | 0.7% |
| Case fatality rate | 2 | 0.7% |
| Total number healthcare workers | 59 | 22% |
| Number clusters notified | 23 |
*All statistics measured on 16 March.
Age range affected
| Age group | Number of people | % of total |
| <1 | 1 | 0% |
| 1 – 4 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 – 14 | 4 | 1% |
| 15 – 24 | 28 | 10% |
| 25 – 34 | 48 | 18% |
| 35 – 44 | 62 | 23% |
| 45 – 54 | 40 | 15% |
| 55 – 64 | 46 | 17% |
| 65+ | 42 | 15% |
*All statistics measured on 16 March.
How COVID-19 is spreading
| Transmission classification | Number of people | % of total |
| Community transmission | 60 | 22% |
| Contact with a confirmed case | 45 | 17% |
| Travel abroad | 113 | 42% |
| Under investigation | 53 | 20% |
*All statistics measured on 16 March.
Healthcare workers
| Travel related | 22 | 37% |
| No foreign travel | 36 | 61% |
| Under investigation | 1 | 2% |
| Total | 59 | 100% |
*All statistics measured on 16 March.
Cases by county
| County | Number of cases | |
| Carlow | ≤ 5 | |
| Cavan | ≤ 5 | |
| Clare | ≤ 5 | |
| Donegal | ≤ 5 | |
| Kildare | ≤ 5 | |
| Kilkenny | ≤ 5 | |
| Longford | ≤ 5 | |
| Louth | ≤ 5 | |
| Mayo | ≤ 5 | |
| Meath | ≤ 5 | |
| Offaly | ≤ 5 | |
| Roscommon | ≤ 5 | |
| Sligo | ≤ 5 | |
| Tipperary | ≤ 5 | |
| Wexford | ≤ 5 | |
| Kerry | 6 | |
| Waterford | 7 | |
| Westmeath | 7 | |
| Wicklow | 9 | |
| Galway | 12 | |
| Limerick | 14 | |
| Cork | 48 | |
| Dublin | 129 |
*All statistics measured on 16 March.
< means ‘less than’.
≤ means ‘less than or equal to’.
