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Saturday 29th August:
  • No new deaths and 142 new cases
  • Of the new cases, some 59 are in Dublin, 20 are in Kildare, 14 in Donegal, 14 in Limerick, eight in Wexford, and six in Tipperary.
  • The remaining 21 are located in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Mayo, Meath and Wicklow.
  • Some 69% of the new cases are under 45 years of age.
  • Some 32 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 19 cases have been identified as community transmission.
 
Sunday 30th August:
  • No deaths and 42 new cases
  • Monday to Sunday average for week 115.00 with total of 807 cases. Last week was avg 104.57 with total of 732 cases.
  • Some 71% are confirmed in individuals aged under 45 years.
  • Some 15 cases are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or close contacts of a confirmed case.
  • Six have been identified as community transmission.
  • Of today’s new cases, 24 are in Dublin, six in Limerick, and the remaining 12 are located in Carlow, Clare, Galway, Kildare, Longford, Offaly, and Sligo.
 
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Monday 31st August:
* No new deaths and 53 new cases
* There are 35 confirmed cases in hospitals and six people are being treated for Covid-19 in ICU.

* Over past 14 days 1,511 cases were reported giving a 14-day incidence of 32 cases per 100,000.

* The median age is 31 and 72% of cases occurred in people under the age of 45 years.

* Dublin accounted for 624 or 41%, 209 or 14% were in Kildare, 132 or 9% were in Tipperary, 98 or 6% were in Limerick, 47 or 3% were in Wexford and the remaining 401 cases were spread over 20 counties.

 
Tuesday 1st September:
  • No new deaths and 217 new cases
  • Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said that although the case numbers were the highest since May, the five-day moving average is relatively stable at 115 cases per day.
Of the cases notified today:
  • 70% are among people under the age of 45.
  • 51% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
  • 19 cases have been identified as down to community transmission.
  • 103 cases are in Dublin, 25 are in Kildare, 17 are in Limerick, 17 are in Tipperary, 7 are in Waterford, 7 are in Wicklow, 6 are in Clare, and 5 are in Louth.
  • The remaining 30 cases are located in Carlow, Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kilkenny, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath and Wexford.
 
Latest hospitalisation figures:
  • There has been a small rise in the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospitals reported overnight.
  • Figures from the Health Service Executive show there are 40 confirmed cases in hospitals, up five on yesterday.
  • Of the 40 patients, six are in intensive care units.
  • The number of suspected cases has reduced significantly from 188 to 95, with 15 of these patients in intensive care.
 
Wednesday 2nd September:
  • 1 new death* and 89 new cases
  • * This appears to be a backlog death from June
  • 42 confirmed cases in hospital and 6 confirmed in critical care units.
  • Covid-19 R Number - the average number of people one infected person will transmit the virus to, is put at just above 1, possibly as high as 1.2.
  • A number of pupils have been sent home from a primary school in west Dublin following a positive case of Covid-19. It is the second incident of its kind in as many days.
Of today’s cases:
  • 63% are in those aged under 45
  • 56% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 8 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 53 are in Dublin, 15 are in Limerick
  • Remaining 21 cases are in Clare, Cork, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
 
Thursday 3rd September:
  • New deaths = 0
  • New cases = 95

Of today's cases:
  • The Department of Health confirmed that 67% of the new cases are among people under 45 years of age, while 47% are linked to current outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
  • Sixteen cases have been identified by health officials as community transmission.
  • The latest data shows that 51 new cases were confirmed in Dublin, with six in Kildare.
  • Six new cases were also confirmed in Meath, while the remaining 32 cases were spread across 16 counties: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
 
Friday 4th September:
  • No new deaths and 98 new cases
  • Currently, there are 17 Covid-19 patients in hospital, with three in ICU.
Of the cases notified today:
  • 66% are among those under 45 years of age.
  • 42% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.
  • 9 cases have been identified as community transmission.
  • 24 are based in Dublin, 13 are in Kildare, 8 are in Kerry, 6 are in Kilkenny, 6 are in Limerick, 6 are in Louth, and 5 are in Tipperary.
  • The remaining 30 cases are in Carlow, Clare, Cork, Galway, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Waterford and Wexford.
 
Saturday 5th September:
  • No new deaths and 231 new cases
  • (My note - there seems to be a pattern that Saturday case count significantly higher than other days)

  • Ireland's 14-day coronavirus incidence rate remains higher than several countries that are not on the Green List for travel, including Britain, Germany, Sweden and Poland, according to figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
  • According to the ECDC, Ireland's 14-day incidence is at 29.6 per 100,000, with Britain at 25.7, Germany at 17.9, Sweden at 21.6 and Poland at 23.3.
  • Spain continues to have the highest 14-day incidence in the countries monitored by the ECDC, at 218.3.
  • France has a 14-day incidence rate of 98.2, while Croatia (85.9) Belgium (43.6) and Portugal (37.4) all have 14-day incidence rates higher than Ireland's.
Of the cases notified today:
  • 69% are under 45 years of age
  • 48% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 54 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 133 in Dublin, 18 in Kildare, 13 in Limerick, 8 in Offaly, 7 in Galway, 7 in Wicklow, 6 in Meath, 6 in Cork, 5 in Donegal, 5 in Cavan, 5 in Waterford
  • The remaining 18 cases in Carlow, Clare, Kerry, Laois, Leitrim, Louth, Mayo, Monaghan, Sligo, and Tipperary.
 
Sunday 6th September:
  • No new deaths and 138 confirmed cases
  • 7-day average: 131.57
    • (Previous 7 days: 115.29)
  • 14-day cases/100k: 34.72
    • 7 days ago: 30.92)
  • 49 cases in hospital, 6 in ICU.
Of the #COVID19 cases notified today:
  • 67% are under 45 years of age
  • 39% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 23 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 68 in Dublin, 13 in Limerick, 9 in Galway, 9 in Kildare, 5 in Cork, 5 in Wexford, 5 in Wicklow,
  • The remaining 24 cases in Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford, and Westmeath.
 
Latest hospital figures:
  • Overnight figures show a small rise in the number of patients in hospital confirmed as having Covid-19.
  • There are 50 patients with the virus in hospital, with six of these in intensive care.
  • It compares with 48 confirmed cases in hospital on Saturday and 33 this day last week.
  • There are also 61 suspected cases in hospital, with seven in intensive care.
  • Overall, the hospital system has 48 intensive care beds free.
  • While there are 436 intensive care beds in the system, 345 are open and staffed.
 
Monday 7th September:
* No new deaths and 102 new cases
* 14 day incidence 35 per 100000

Of cases notified today:
  • 45 are men / 57 are women
  • 75% are under 45 years of age
  • 48% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 19 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 56 cases are in Dublin, 11 are in Leitrim, six are in Galway, and 29 are located in Carlow, Cavan, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wexford
 
Tuesday 8th September:
  • One new death and 307 new cases
  • Note that many of the cases appear to relate to weekend backlog - Tuesday numbers tend to be higher for this reason
  • 3-day case average = 182 cases
  • Monday to Sunday average for week 131.57 with total of 921 cases.
  • Last week was avg 115.00 with Total of 807 cases.
Of the cases notified today:
  • 73% are under 45 years of age
  • 64% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 72 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 182 in Dublin, 25 in Kildare, 19 in Limerick, 15 in Wexford, 15 in Louth, eight in Wicklow, six in Galway, six in Clare, six in Kilkenny
  • The remaining 25 cases are located in Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Kerry, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath.
 
This is the data concerning outbreaks/clusters.

This report includes data extracted from CIDR on 7th September 2020 at 09:15am and includes [broken link removed]

The majority for the above period are in private houses.
 
Wednesday 9th September:
  • Three new deaths and 84 new cases
  • The 14-day incidence of Covid-19 infection in Dublin has risen significantly in recent days to 70.8 cases per 100,000 people, with the highest infection rates in the Dublin South East region

Of the cases notified today:
  • 66% are under 45 years of age
  • 30% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
  • 8 cases have been identified as community transmission
  • 51 cases are in Dublin, 6 are in Offaly, 5 are in Kildare
  • The remaining 22 cases are located in Cork, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Meath, Roscommon, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wicklow
 
Interesting report. Private houses are the major source of outbreak by far. Do you know what "Closed" and "Open" mean? I'm guessing that closed means all contacts have been traced and open means contact tracing not complete.

I am not sure, but I think "closed" means the incubation period has passed with no new cases connected with the cluster reported.

This report will be published weekly.
 
Has anyone got figures for the amount of tests being carried out over the last few weeks?
Without that the confirmed cases figure is meaningless.
 
The HSE has said that in the last seven days, 72,246 swabs have been taken.
Of these 55,546 were in the community, including 16,934 as part of serial testing.
There were 16,700 swabs taken in hospitals.
The positivity rate has been around 1.6% but it can vary from day to day.
 
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