CSO figures reveal Meath had second highest Covid case number up to last week
The CSO has releases its latest insights into cases of Covid -19 and information on the people who have died from the illness or have been diagnosed with the virus.
The report showed that Meath was the county, behind Dublin, with the second highest number of new cases (190) for the week ending 19th March.
The Key Findings:
The proportion of daily cases among those over the age of 65 has been decreasing for a number of weeks as the vaccine roll-out continues with the percentage of cases in this age group falling from 18% in the week ending 29 January to 9% in the week ending 19 March
Throughout the whole period of the pandemic from March 2020 to week ending 19 March 2021, the over 65 age category accounted for 56% of all persons hospitalised
There were 88 health care workers diagnosed with the virus in the week ending 19 March, this is the lowest weekly figure since the week ending 21 August 2020
The proportion of asymptomatic cases within the total weekly positive cases has been increasing over recent weeks from 17% in the week ending 29 January to 24% of all cases in the week ending 19 March
There were 38 COVID-19 related deaths in the week ending 19 March 2021
In the week ending 19 March 2021, 87% of deaths were among people aged 65 years and over
The number of cases for the week ending 19 March was 3,174, a decrease of 331 cases from the previous week
In the same week Dublin accounted for 1,369 cases or 43% of all new cases.
Hospitalisations
Hospitalisations have been decreasing since the week ending 15 January and were 163 in the week ending 19 March from a peak of 1,386
ICU admissions have been decreasing since the week ending 08 January and there were eight in the week ending 19 March down from a peak of 137.
Contacts
The average number of contacts per positive case per week was three in the week ending 19 March, down from five contacts in the week ending 01 January
Dublin has the highest average contacts per positive case of almost four per positive case in the week ending 19 March.
Throughout the pandemic, most deaths have occurred in the older age groups. In the week ending 19 March 2021, 87% of deaths were in people aged 65 years and over.
There were 14 deaths in Dublin in the week ending 19 March. No other counties recorded more than five deaths in the week.
Confirmed Cases
For the week ending 19 March, the number of weekly cases was 3,174, a decrease of 9% from the previous week.
Those aged 25-44 made up 35% of confirmed cases in the week ending 19 March with those aged 65 and over making up 8%.
There were 88 health care workers diagnosed in the week ending 19 March, this is the lowest weekly figure since the week ending 21 August 2020.
Dublin accounted for under a half (1,369) of all new cases for the week ending 19 March and it was the eleventh week in a row that weekly cases in Dublin have fallen. Meath was the county with the second highest number of new cases (190) for the week ending 19 March.
This is the fifth week in a row that Leitrim has recorded less than 25 new cases, the second week in a row that Kilkenny and Monaghan have recorded less than 25 new cases and the first such week for Mayo and Clare.
Hospitalisations
Hospitalisations have been decreasing since the peak of 1,386 in the week ending 15 January and to 163 hospitalisations in the week ending 19 March. ICU admissions have also decreased from the peak of 137 in the week ending 8th January to eight in the week ending 19th March.