The Department of Health has confirmed that it’s recorded five or fewer Coronavirus cases in Clare.
Another 74 people tested positive yesterday, bringing the total in the Republic to 366, with Dublin, Cork and Limerick recording the highest number of coronavirus cases in Ireland.
A breakdown of the country’s first 271 cases has also been published, which shows that most are linked to travel, a fifth are healthcare workers and almost a third of patients are under the age of 34.
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Chief medical officer Tony Holohan says that should act as a wake-up call to young people.
|
% of Total
|
||
| Total number cases |
271
|
|
| Total number hospitalised |
84
|
31%
|
| Total number admitted to ICU |
6
|
2%
|
| Total number deaths |
2
|
0.7%
|
| Case fatality rate |
0.7%
|
|
| Total number healthcare workers |
59
|
22%
|
| Number clusters notified |
23
|
|
| Source: HPSC 16/3/20 |
| Age Group | ||
| <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%
|
| Total |
271
|
|
| Transmission Classification | ||
| Community transmission |
60
|
22%
|
| Contact with a confirmed case |
45
|
17%
|
| Travel abroad |
113
|
42%
|
| Under investigation |
53
|
20%
|
| Total |
271
|
|
Healthcare Workers |
||
| Travel related |
22
|
37%
|
| No foreign travel |
36
|
61%
|
| Under investigation |
1
|
2%
|
| Total |
59
|
| Counties |
No. 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
|
