Coronavirus: Five or less confirmed cases (1%) of COVID-19 in Donegal

An analysis of cases up until midnight on Friday, March 20, provides greater detail on who is getting infected and where.

Today the number of cases in Ireland rose to 1034 - 906 cases in the south and 128 in the north.

Six Irish people have thusfar died in Ireland from the illness - two in the north and four in the south.

The geographical breakdown provided by the Department of Health in Dublin tonight however used only the 712 cases that had been confirmed in the south by midnight on Friday.

Of the 712 cases notified, 55% are male and 44% are female, with 35 clusters involving 190 cases.

The median age of confirmed cases is 44 years.

211 cases (30%) have been hospitalised.

Of those hospitalised, 17 cases have been admitted to ICU.

159 cases (22%) are associated with healthcare workers.

Dublin has the highest number of cases at 402, (56% of all cases) followed by Cork with 101 cases (14%)

In Donegal there were five or less (1%) confirmed cases.

There is now at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 in every one of the 26 counties.

Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 44%; close contact accounts for 23%; travel abroad accounts for 33%.