Coronavirus: Eleven cases (1%) of COVID-19 in Donegal

An analysis of cases up until midnight on Sunday, March 22, provides greater detail on who is getting infected and where.

Today the number of cases in Ireland rose to 1,501 - 1,329 cases in the south and 172 in the north.

Twelve Irish people have now died in Ireland from the illness - five in the north and seven in the south.

The geographical breakdown provided by the Department of Health in Dublin tonight however used only the 965 cases that had been confirmed in the south by midnight on Sunday.

The data reveals: 55% are male and 45% are female, with 44 clusters involving 243 cases.

The median age of confirmed cases is 45 years.

277 cases (29%) have been hospitalised.

Of those hospitalised, 36 cases have been admitted to ICU.

247 cases (26%) are associated with healthcare workers.

In Donegal there were 11 confirmed cases (1%).

Dublin has the highest number of cases at 535, (55% of all cases) followed by Cork with 123 cases (13%)

Of those for whom transmission status is known: community transmission accounts for 47%, close contact accounts for 23%, and travel abroad accounts for 31%.