Statement from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre:
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 4 additional deaths related to COVID-19. Of the deaths reported today, all occurred in October.
There has been a total of 1,882 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Friday 23rd October, the HPSC has been notified of 859 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 56,108* confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 415 are men / 441 are women
- 62% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 35 years old
- 192 in Dublin, 148 in Cork, 58 in Donegal, 55 in Galway, 54 in Meath, with 352 cases spread across 21 remaining counties.
As of 2pm today, 315 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 37 are in ICU. There have been 16 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 12 confirmed cases. The figure of 56,108 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 23 October 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today’s cases (to midnight 23OCT2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population 10OCT2020 to 23OCT2020) | New Cases during last 14 days (10OCT2020 to 23OCT2020) |
| IRELAND | 859 | 302.9 | 14423 |
| Cavan | 22 | 981.9 | 748 |
| Meath | 54 | 652.7 | 1273 |
| Westmeath | 14 | 448.3 | 398 |
| Sligo | 11 | 412 | 270 |
| Monaghan | 10 | 384.5 | 236 |
| Galway | 55 | 368.9 | 952 |
| Cork | 148 | 334 | 1813 |
| Donegal | 58 | 326.6 | 520 |
| Wexford | 17 | 317.9 | 476 |
| Kildare | 35 | 299.8 | 667 |
| Longford | 3 | 296 | 121 |
| Limerick | 32 | 291.4 | 568 |
| Clare | 12 | 272.7 | 324 |
| Louth | 22 | 271.6 | 350 |
| Carlow | 23 | 270.5 | 154 |
| Kerry | 40 | 269.5 | 398 |
| Leitrim | 4 | 259 | 83 |
| Roscommon | 11 | 257.2 | 166 |
| Dublin | 192 | 254.1 | 3423 |
| Mayo | 25 | 249.8 | 326 |
| Laois | 7 | 219.6 | 186 |
| Offaly | 3 | 214.2 | 167 |
| Waterford | 33 | 193.7 | 225 |
| Kilkenny | 14 | 180.4 | 179 |
| Wicklow | 7 | 143.2 | 204 |
| Tipperary | 7 | 122.8 | 196 |
The lowest national 14-day incidence rate was on 3rd July 2020 when the rate was 2.98 cases per 100,000 population.
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