Key Findings for the week ending 12 November 2021:
Week Ending | Number in hospital at week end | Total confirmed COVID-19 cases |
---|---|---|
01/01 | 508 | 36439 |
08/01 | 1153 | 30499 |
15/01 | 1846 | 19547 |
22/01 | 1969 | 11894 |
29/01 | 1552 | 8225 |
05/02 | 1258 | 6611 |
12/02 | 959 | 5625 |
19/02 | 754 | 5131 |
26/02 | 574 | 4195 |
05/03 | 426 | 3335 |
12/03 | 344 | 3612 |
19/03 | 336 | 3769 |
26/03 | 317 | 3919 |
02/04 | 264 | 3437 |
09/04 | 212 | 2749 |
16/04 | 190 | 2583 |
23/04 | 166 | 3163 |
30/04 | 139 | 3138 |
07/05 | 127 | 2761 |
14/05 | 111 | 2463 |
21/05 | 107 | 2942 |
28/05 | 99 | 2759 |
04/06 | 86 | 2764 |
11/06 | 60 | 2152 |
18/06 | 53 | 2078 |
25/06 | 38 | 2219 |
02/07 | 46 | 2950 |
09/07 | 50 | 3531 |
16/07 | 79 | 6502 |
23/07 | 106 | 8428 |
30/07 | 169 | 8961 |
06/08 | 189 | 10901 |
13/08 | 221 | 12180 |
20/08 | 251 | 12443 |
27/08 | 326 | 11863 |
03/09 | 353 | 9897 |
10/09 | 328 | 9554 |
17/09 | 288 | 9096 |
24/09 | 297 | 8726 |
01/10 | 308 | 8544 |
08/10 | 354 | 9840/td> |
15/10 | 413 | 12080 |
22/10 | 457 | 14621 |
29/10 | 487 | 17475 |
05/11 | 464 | 24235 |
12/11 | 549 | 24105 |
Table A: Weekly Profile of COVID-19 1,2,3,4 | |||||||||||||
2021 | |||||||||||||
20/08 | 27/08 | 03/09 | 10/09 | 17/09 | 24/09 | 01/10 | 08/10 | 15/10 | 22/10 | 29/10 | 05/11 | 12/11* | |
Total Cases | 12,443 | 11,863 | 9,897 | 9,554 | 9,096 | 8,726 | 8,544 | 9,840 | 12,080 | 14,621 | 17,475 | 24,235 | 24,105 |
% 65 and over | 7% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 8% |
% Not Vaccinated (self-reported) | 42% | 41% | 43% | 49% | 47% | 43% | 40% | 36% | 34% | 32% | 24% | 21% | 12% |
Number in hospital at week end | 251 | 326 | 353 | 328 | 288 | 297 | 308 | 354 | 413 | 457 | 481 | 464 | 549 |
Number in ICU at week end | 52 | 59 | 55 | 59 | 73 | 61 | 59 | 73 | 73 | 90 | 97 | 76 | 96 |
Total confirmed COVID-19 deaths | 15 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 42 | 58 | 25 |
* latest week is preliminary and will be revised in the next bulletin | |||||||||||||
1 Table includes data as of 16th November 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) up to midnight Friday 12th November 2021 and https://covid-19.geohive.ie/ and is subject to revision | |||||||||||||
2 Cases data are defined by epidemiological date which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date and event creation/notification date. Deaths data are defined by date of death | |||||||||||||
3 Hospitalisation numbers include those admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 and those who contracted COVID-19 while in hospital | |||||||||||||
4 Deaths include those who died of COVID-19 and those who died with COVID-19 |
This bulletin covers the period from 28 February 2020 to 12 November 2021. It is the thirty-sixth publication in the Central Statistics Office (CSO) series of bulletins providing insights into those who have contracted or died from COVID-19. The data used is from the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) provided to the CSO by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
Hospitalisations
There were 286 hospitalisations of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the week ending 05 November 2021 and 267 in the week ending 12 November 2021. Of these, 22 admitted to an ICU contracted COVID-19 in the week ending 05 November 2021 and less than five in the week ending 29 October 2021. (Note: These figures may need to be adjusted if someone’s condition worsens as there is a time lag between onset of symptoms and hospitalisation.)
People aged 65 and over accounted for 50% of all those hospitalised through the whole period of the pandemic, i.e. from March 2020 to the week ending 12 November 2021.
Males accounted for 52% of those hospitalised and 63% of admissions to ICU since the start of the pandemic.
Data on vaccine status is self-reported and based on answers provided to the public health team by the patient. It has not been confirmed that patients who report as having had the vaccine have completed a full regimen of COVID-19 vaccine, so these cannot be assumed to be breakthrough cases. Gaps in the data exist in relation to Vaccination Status, existence of an Underlying Health Condition and Country of Birth where this information could not be collected by public health officials. These gaps are reported as ‘Unknown’ or similar categories. In addition, no information on whether COVID-19 was contracted before or after date of hospital admission is currently available. Particular care must be taken when interpreting the statistics in this release. |
Looking in detail at those who contracted COVID-19 in September and October and subsequently admitted to hospital and an ICU, we can see that 27% of those admitted to hospital and 54% of those admitted to an ICU reported they were not vaccinated.
Yes | No | Not Specified | |
0-24 years | 49 | 166 | 51 |
25-44 years | 159 | 225 | 82 |
45-64 years | 347 | 174 | 65 |
65-79 years | 527 | 85 | 72 |
80 years and over | 416 | 26 | 40 |
Looking at age groups we can see that 86% of those aged 80 and over in hospital reported they were vaccinated but just under 62% of the 0-24 age group in hospital reported they were not vaccinated with the equivalent figure for the 25-44 age category standing at almost 48%.
Of those admitted to ICU in the period, almost 84% had an underlying health condition. Almost all (97%) of those in ICU who reported they were vaccinated had an underlying condition.
Around 28% of those in ICU reported they were not born in Ireland and 90% of those said they were not vaccinated.
Table 6B: Monthly Profile of New COVID-19 Cases who are Subsequently Hospitalised (self-reported vaccination status) 1,2,3 | |||||||||||||
2021 | |||||||||||||
September & October | |||||||||||||
Self Reported Vaccine Status | %'s by Patient Characteristics | %'s by Self Reported Vaccine Status | |||||||||||
Hospitalised | Yes | No | Not Specified | Total | Y | N | NS | Total | Y | N | NS | Total | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||
Total | 1,498 | 676 | 310 | 2,484 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 60 | 27 | 13 | 100 | |
Gender | |||||||||||||
Female | 719 | 335 | 133 | 1,187 | 48 | 50 | 43 | 48 | 61 | 28 | 11 | 100 | |
Male | 779 | 341 | 177 | 1,297 | 52 | 50 | 57 | 52 | 60 | 26 | 14 | 100 | |
Not Specified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Age Group | |||||||||||||
0-24 | 49 | 166 | 51 | 266 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 20 | 100 | |
25-44 | 159 | 225 | 82 | 466 | 11 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 34 | 48 | 18 | 100 | |
45-64 | 347 | 174 | 65 | 586 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 59 | 30 | 11 | 100 | |
65-79 | 527 | 85 | 72 | 684 | 35 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 77 | 12 | 11 | 100 | |
80+ | 416 | 26 | 40 | 482 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 86 | 5 | 9 | 100 | |
Not Specified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Country of Birth | |||||||||||||
Ireland | 1,083 | 392 | 23 | 1,498 | 72 | 58 | 7 | 61 | 72 | 26 | 2 | 100 | |
Not Ireland | 342 | 219 | 18 | 579 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 59 | 38 | 3 | 100 | |
Unspecified | 73 | 65 | 269 | 407 | 5 | 10 | 87 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 66 | 100 | |
Underlying Condition | |||||||||||||
Underlying medical condition other than COVID-19 | 201 | 232 | 268 | 701 | 13 | 34 | 86 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 38 | 100 | |
No underlying medical condition other than COVID-19 | 677 | 441 | 30 | 1,148 | 45 | 65 | .. | 46 | 59 | 38 | .. | 100 | |
Unknown | 620 | .. | 12 | 635 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 98 | .. | .. | 100 | |
Median Age | 71 | 40 | 49 | 62 | |||||||||
of which Admitted to ICU | |||||||||||||
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||
Total | 114 | 136 | 4 | 254 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 45 | 54 | 1 | 100 | |
Gender | |||||||||||||
Female | 42 | 60 | 3 | 105 | 37 | 44 | 75 | 41 | 40 | 57 | 3 | 100 | |
Male | 72 | 76 | 1 | 149 | 63 | 56 | 25 | 59 | 48 | 51 | 1 | 100 | |
Not Specified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Age Group | |||||||||||||
0-24 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
25-44 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 88 | 0 | 100 | |
45-64 | 36 | 49 | 2 | 87 | 32 | 36 | 50 | 34 | 41 | 56 | 2 | 100 | |
65-79 | 61 | 37 | 0 | 98 | 54 | 27 | 0 | 39 | 62 | 38 | 0 | 100 | |
80+ | 6 | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | 67 | .. | .. | 100 | |
Not Specified | .. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
Country of Birth | |||||||||||||
Ireland | 84 | 63 | 2 | 149 | 74 | 46 | 50 | 59 | 56 | 42 | 2 | 100 | |
Not Ireland | 6 | 64 | 1 | 71 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 90 | 2 | 100 | |
Unspecified | 24 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 71 | 26 | 3 | 100 | |
Underlying Condition | |||||||||||||
Underlying medical condition other than COVID-19 | 111 | 97 | 3 | 211 | 97 | 71 | 75 | 83 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 100 | |
No underlying medical condition other than COVID-19 | .. | 39 | .. | 40 | .. | 29 | .. | 16 | .. | 98 | .. | 100 | |
Unknown | .. | 0 | .. | 1 | .. | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | 0 | .. | 100 | |
Median Age | 61 | 52 | 35 | 61 | |||||||||
1 Table includes data as of 16th November 2021 for events created on CIDR (Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting) | |||||||||||||
2 '..' Indicates a cell number < 5 or a cell number < 5 can be identified | |||||||||||||
3 Data is defined by epidemiological date which is the earliest of onset date, date of diagnosis, laboratory specimen collection date, laboratory received date, laboratory reported date and event creation/notification date |
Deaths
There were 25 deaths among confirmed COVID-19 cases in the week ending 12 November and of those, 17 deaths (68%) were in people aged 65 and over. Most deaths in this pandemic have been in older age groups. Donegal was the only county to record five or more deaths in the week ending 12 November 2021.
Confirmed Cases
The number of weekly cases was 24,105 in the week ending 12 November 2021. Almost a third (32%) of cases were among people aged 25-44, no change from the previous week while 7% cases was in those aged 65 and over. Those aged 14 or younger accounted for 22% of cases, an increase of 2% from the previous week.
Dublin (6,856) and Cork (2,833) had the highest number of new cases for the week ending 12 November 2021.
Sector of Employment
In Table 10, 14% of reported cases with a record of employment in the week ending 13 November were employed in the Human Health & Social Work Activities sector and 15% in the Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles & Motorcycles sector.
From Figure 3 we can see that cases more than doubled between the week ending 30/10 and the week ending 06/11 in the Accommodation & Food Services Activities sector.
30/10/2021 | 06/11/2021 | |
Agriculture, forestry & fishing (A) | 68 | 101 |
Industry (B-E) | 895 | 1329 |
Construction (F) | 499 | 758 |
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) | 1066 | 1848 |
Transportation and storage (H) | 220 | 401 |
Accommodation and food service activities (I) | 491 | 1026 |
Information and communication(J) | 235 | 366 |
Financial, insurance and real estate activities(K-L) | 353 | 643 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M) | 455 | 649 |
Administrative and support service activities (N) | 366 | 670 |
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (O) | 469 | 769 |
Education(P) | 535 | 840 |
Human health and social work activities (Q) | 1070 | 1685 |
Other NACE activities (R-U) | 288 | 468 |
Unknown | 192 | 294 |
In this analysis, the CSO has used Revenue PAYE Modernisation system data to provide insight on employment status of COVID-19 cases. Using pseudonymised identifiers, more than 80% of confirmed cases in the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) database could be linked to administrative data sources, and of these, approximately 50% had a record of employment. As well as the strict legal protections set out in the Statistics Act, 1993, and other existing regulations, we are committed to protecting individual privacy and all identifiable information from each of the data sources used in our analysis, such as name, date of birth and addresses, is removed before use and only anonymised statistical aggregates are produced.
By matching the month, the COVID-19 case is reported to a record of employment in that month (or most recently available record of employment, currently September 2021 for cases reported in October and November 2021); a further adjustment has been made to account for those coming off the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme. The results attempt to reflect the industry of an employee when they became a positive case in the CIDR system. However, this does not indicate that the case is linked to an outbreak in the workplace.
Impact of the cyber-attack on the HSE IT systems on CSO COVID-19 Insights Bulletin
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) uses data from the Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting (CIDR) provided to the CSO by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) and data from the HSE’s Swiftcare (A2i) and COVID Care Tracker (CCT) systems to produce this information bulletin. These dataflows were disrupted by the cyber-attack on the HSE IT systems on 14 May 2021.
Reporting from the CIDR surveillance system has recommenced on 02 September 2021:
However, other dataflows remain unavailable, so this bulletin does not include all tables or information previously included.
For further COVID-19 related information, go to the CSO COVID-19 Information Hub
Full statistical tables can be downloaded here:
Table 2: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 36 - Table 2-2A (XLS 46KB)
Table 3: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 36 - Table 3-3A (XLS 55KB)
Table 6: COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Series 36 - Table 6-6A (XLS 36KB)