The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has today been notified of 1 additional death related to Covid-19.
There has been a total of 2,023 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
As of midnight Saturday 21st November, the HPSC has been notified of 318 confirmed cases of Covid-19. There is now a total of 70,461 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Of the cases notified today;
- 155 are men / 161 are women
- 73% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 28 years old
- 126 in Dublin, 45 in Cork, 28 in Limerick, 21 in Donegal, 18 in Kildare and the remaining 80 cases are spread across 18 other counties.
As of 2pm today 282 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 31 are in ICU. 17 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.
Today’s cases, 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 population and new cases in last 14 days (as of midnight 21 November 2020) (incidence rate based on Census 2016 county population)
| County | Today's cases (to midnight 21NOV2020) | 14-Day incidence rate per 100,000 population (08Nov2020 to 21NOV2020) | New Cases during last 14 days
(08Nov2020 to 21NOV2020) |
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| Ireland | 318 | 109.1 | 5,193 | ||||
| Donegal | 21 | 231.2 | 368 | ||||
| Limerick | 28 | 208.3 | 406 | ||||
| Louth | 14 | 205.6 | 265 | ||||
| Roscommon | <5 | 164.2 | 106 | ||||
| Waterford | <5 | 157.5 | 183 | ||||
| Meath | 10 | 127.2 | 248 | ||||
| Offaly | <5 | 120.6 | 94 | ||||
| Dublin | 126 | 119.9 | 1615 | ||||
| Westmeath | <5 | 116.0 | 103 | ||||
| Monaghan | <5 | 107.5 | 66 | ||||
| Cavan | <5 | 97.1 | 74 | ||||
| Longford | <5 | 95.4 | 39 | ||||
| Kilkenny | <5 | 92.7 | 92 | ||||
| Tipperary | 7 | 91.5 | 146 | ||||
| Clare | <5 | 86.7 | 103 | ||||
| Kildare | 18 | 83.6 | 186 | ||||
| Carlow | <5 | 80.8 | 46 | ||||
| Mayo | 7 | 80.5 | 105 | ||||
| Cork | 45 | 79.0 | 429 | ||||
| Leitrim | <5 | 74.9 | 24 | ||||
| Sligo | <5 | 73.2 | 48 | ||||
| Galway | 9 | 62.8 | 162 | ||||
| Kerry | <5 | 61.6 | 91 | ||||
| Wicklow | <5 | 61.1 | 87 | ||||
| Laois | <5 | 60.2 | 51 | ||||
| Wexford | <5 | 37.4 | 56 |
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