Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
649. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a further geographical breakdown of Covid-19 positive test results and deaths in north-western areas of Dublin by cluster and community transmission as released by the HPSC. [11221/20]
View answerData is collected on COVID-19 for confirmed and probable cases and mortality, in line with recommendations from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in both hospitals and the community. We committed from the outset to collect the most extensive data possible in order that the information could inform and guide the public health actions necessary to respond to the very serious threat posed by COVID-19. The Deputy might note that the collection of mortality data in Ireland exceeds that of many other countries in the world.
As the Deputy may be aware, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) publishes daily reports on the epidemiology of Covid-19 in Ireland, including a breakdown of confirmed cases by county, total number of outbreaks/clusters, total number of cases associated with clusters, and the number of clusters/outbreaks by location and HSE area. This report is available at the following link:
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/epidemiologyofcovid-19inireland/
The Deputy might also note that data on deaths by county and underlying health condition is now being published by the Central Statistics Office and is available at the following link:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/br/b-cdc/covid-19deathsandcasesseries4/
My Department was notified that up to 14 June 2020, there were 25,303 confirmed cases and sadly a total of 1,706 people have died. For reasons of patient confidentiality, and to protect the identity of those who have died, my Department does not provide a breakdown of deaths below county level.
