45% of COVID-19 deaths were of nursing home patients
There were 730 confirmed deaths of patients with COVID-19 by 11am, today, Tuesday.
394 deaths are from care settings, including 330 from nursing homes. The number of deaths in nursing homes accounts for 45% of the overall national total
Another 108 deaths are now being assessed from care settings as to possible COVID-19 cases, including 64 from nursing homes. These are not included in the ‘lab confirmed’ 730 deaths.
There are now 16,040 cases, and the latest geographical breakdown, as of midnight, Sunday, shows there were 195 cases in Offaly.
Separately, a breakdown of the 15,185 cases confirmed by midnight on Saturda supplied by the Health Protection Survillance Centre, shows that:
*26.4% of cases were healthcare workers
*There were 478 clusters of cases, accounting for 3,139 cases.
*30 of the cases related to babies under the age of 1.
*There were 820 cases in the HSE Midlands area (Longford/Westmeath/Laois and Offaly)
Here is the full county list:
Carlow 78
Cavan 401
Clare 160
Cork 1047
Donegal 383
Dublin 7666
Galway 294
Kerry 268
Kildare 817
Kilkenny 206
Laois 170
Leitrim 49
Limerick 401
Longford 91
Louth 437
Mayo 332
Meath 513
Monaghan 187
Offaly 190
Roscommon 91
Sligo 78
Tipperary 300
Waterford 113
Westmeath 369
Wexford 100
Wicklow 444
The HPSC breakdown as of midnight on April 18 also assessed the then 642 reported deaths.
*One was in the age group 15-14, previously reported as a 23 year old
*Three were in the 25-34 year age group
*9 – 35-44 age group
*15 – 45-54 age group
*29 – 55-64 age group
*585 – 65+
There were 242 healthcare workers in the Midlands area who have contracted the virus out of a national total of 4,009
Of the 478 clusters reported nationally by midnight, April 18, 42 were in the HSE Midlands area
These included
Nursing Homes – 8
Residential Institutions – 9
Hotels – 2
Private House – 6
Community Hospital/Long Stay Unit – 8
Travel Related – 3
Workplace – 2
Community Outbreak – 1
Public House – 2
Other -1
And the HSE also published figures relating to hospitals, up to 8pm on Monday night
Total Confirmed COVID-19 cases
Tullamore 22
Portiuncula 5
Mullingar 13
Portlaoise 7
Total Suspected Cases
Tullamore 12
Portiuncula 3
Mullingar 6
Portlaoise 3
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Critical Care units
Tullamore 5
Portiuncula 1
Mullingar 1
Portlaoise 1
Suspected COVID-19 cases in Critical Care Units, midnight
Tullamore 1
Portiuncula 1
Mullingar 1
Portlaoise 0
Vacant Beds (8am Monday)
Tullamore 102
Portiuncula 2
Mullingar 19
Portlaoise 27
Vacant Critical Care Beds (6.30pm -Monday)
Tullamore 1
Portiuncula 2
Mullingar 1
Portlaoise 0