In early-March, 2020, the first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ireland was confirmed in Dublin. The number of cases in Ireland has since risen to 1,697,775 with 490 new cases reported on January 12, 2023.

Current situation The rate of cases in Ireland over the last seven days is 80 cases per 100,000. While San Marino was the worst affected country, recording a seven-day rate of 336, as of January 16, 2023.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Ireland recorded 1711233 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Ireland reported 8905 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Ireland Coronavirus Cases.

In early-March, 2020, the first case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ireland was confirmed in Dublin. As of January 12, 2023, the number of cases in Ireland has risen to 1,697,775.

There were over 270 million coronavirus cases in Europe as of January 13, 2023, with France currently the worst affected country. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Datasets in this publication report the number of diagnoses with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as reported by the Department of Health in Ireland. This includes new cases diagnosed per day and cumulative cases, as well as cases across age groups. The latter also include population estimates by age group for 2019 from Ireland's Central Statistics Office, in order to express cases per million population.

For the files YYYYMMDD_covid_ie_age_groups.csv, variable descriptions are as follows:

• age_group: Age groups, in years
• cases: Total cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Ireland by age group, as per the Department of Health
• pop_estimate: National population estimates by age group for 2019 in Ireland, as per the Central Statistics Office (Table 7 https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/pme/populationandmigrationestimatesapril2019/), expressed in thousands.
• cases_per_million: Cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Ireland by age group, expressed per 1 million individuals

For the files YYYYMMDD_covid_ie_daily_cases, variable descriptions are as follows:

• date: Date, in DD-MM-YYYY format
• daily_cases: New cases of COVID-19 diagnosed per day in Ireland, as per the Department of Health (https://www.gov.ie/en/news/7e0924-latest-updates-on-covid-19-coronavirus/)
• cumulative_cases: Cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Ireland
• percent_daily_increase: New cases of COVID-19 diagnosed per day in Ireland as a percentage of cumulative number of cases up to that date.

Total Covid cases, end of month in Ireland, March, 2023 The most recent value is 1707466 total Covid cases as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 1703669 total Covid cases. Historically, the average for Ireland from March 2020 to March 2023 is 767329 total Covid cases. The minimum of 2625 total Covid cases was recorded in March 2020, while the maximum of 1707466 total Covid cases was reached in March 2023. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

New Covid cases per million people in Ireland, March, 2023 The most recent value is 756 new Covid cases per million people as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 568 new Covid cases per million people. Historically, the average for Ireland from February 2020 to March 2023 is 8945 new Covid cases per million people. The minimum of 0 new Covid cases per million people was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 84932 new Covid cases per million people was reached in January 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Please see FAQ for latest information on COVID-19 Data Hub Data Flows: https://covid-19.geohive.ie/pages/helpfaqs. Notice: See the section What impact has the cyber-attack of May 2021 on the HSE IT systems had on reporting of COVID-19 data on the Data Hub? in the FAQ for information about issues in data from May 2021.** Due to the ongoing disruption to the HSE IT systems, until further notice the updates for this Open Data service will be provided once daily. These fields are 'nCovidConf' (ncovidconf), 'nDischCovidConf' (ndischcovidconf) and 'nAdmitCovidConf' (adcconf). **Dataset on COVID-19 patients in Intensive Care Units in Ireland. Data is provided for Confirmed COVID-19 cases and the number of new admissions and discharges. Data is based on an aggregate of all public and private ICU/HDU hospitals (including surge units). Data has been provided by the National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) ICU Bed Information System (ICU-BIS).This service is used in Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub, produced as a collaboration between Tailte Éireann, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Department of Health, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), and the All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO). This service and Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub are built using the GeoHive platform, Ireland's Geospatial Data Hub.

In past 24 hours, Ireland, Europe had N/A new cases, N/A deaths and N/A recoveries.

COVID-19Plots and analysis relating to the coronavirus pandemic. Includes five sets of plots and associated R code to generate them.1) HeatmapsUpdated every few days - heatmaps of COVID-19 case and death trajectories for Local Authorities (or equivalent) in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Germany.2) All cause mortalityUpdated on Tuesday (for England & Wales), Wednesday (for Scotland) and Friday (for Northern Ireland) - analysis and plots of weekly all-cause deaths in 2020 compared to previous years by country, age, sex and region. Also a set of international comparisons using data from mortality.org3) ExposuresNo longer updated - mapping of potential COVID-19 mortality exposure at local levels (LSOAs) in England based on the age-sex structure of the population and levels of poor health.There is also a Shiny app which creates slightly lower resolution versions of the same plots online, which you can find here: https://victimofmaths.shinyapps.io/covidmapper/, on GitHub https://github.com/VictimOfMaths/COVIDmapper and uploaded to this record4) Index of Multiple Deprivation No longer updated - preliminary analysis of the inequality impacts of COVID-19 based on Local Authority level cases and levels of deprivation. 5) Socioeconomic inequalities. No longer updated (unless ONS release more data) - Analysis of published ONS figures of COVID-19 and other cause mortality in 2020 compared to previous years by deprivation decile.Latest versions of plots and associated analysis can be found on Twitter: https://twitter.com/victimofmathsThis work is described in more detail on the UK Data Service Impact and Innovation Lab blog: https://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/visualising-high-risk-areas-for-covid-19-mortality/Adapted from data from the Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.1.0.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Analysis of ‘COVID-19 HPSC Detailed Statistics Profile’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/9ea959dd-3b80-4e9b-8f06-f3e73f3e0e21 on 12 January 2022.

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Total Covid cases per million people in Ireland, March, 2023 The most recent value is 339922 cases per million as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 339166 cases per million. Historically, the average for Ireland from March 2020 to March 2023 is 152760 cases per million. The minimum of 523 cases per million was recorded in March 2020, while the maximum of 339922 cases per million was reached in March 2023. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Please see FAQ for latest information on COVID-19 Data Hub data flows: https://covid-19.geohive.ie/pages/helpfaqs.Notice:See the Technical Data Issues section in the FAQ for information about issues in data: https://covid-19.geohive.ie/pages/helpfaqs.Deaths: From 16th May 2022 onwards, reporting of Notified Deaths will be weekly (each Wednesday) with deaths notified since the previous Wednesday reported. This is based on the date on which a death was notified on CIDR, not the date on which the death occurred. Data on deaths by date of death is available on the new HPSC Epidemiology of COVID-19 Data Hub https://epi-covid-19-hpscireland.hub.arcgis.com/.Notice:

Please be advised that on 29th April 2021, the 'Aged65up' and 'HospitalisedAged65up' fields were removed from this table. The three fields 'Aged65to74', 'Aged75to84', and 'Aged85up' replace the 'Aged65up' field.The three fields 'HospitalisedAged65to74', 'HospitalisedAged75to84' and 'HospitalisedAged85up' replace the 'HospitalisedAged65up' field.Please be advised that on the week beginning 1st March 2021, the values in the following fields in this table were set to zero: 'CommunityTransmission' , 'CloseContact', 'TravelAbroad' and ‘ClustersNotified’. ----------------------------------------------------------------------This feature service contains the up to date Covid-19 Daily Statistics as well as the Profile of Covid-19 Daily Statistics for Ireland, as reported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.The Covid-19 Daily Statistics are updated once a week, each Wednesday, which includes data for the full time series. Data on deaths is updated once a week, each Wednesday, which includes data for the full time series.The further breakdown of these counts (age, gender, transmission, etc.) is part of a Daily Statistics Profile of Covid-19, to help identify patterns and trends.The primary Date applies to the following fields:ConfirmedCovidCases, TotalConfirmedCovidCases, ConfirmedCovidDeaths, TotalCovidDeaths, ConfirmedCovidRecovered,SevenDayAverageCases.The StatisticProfileDate applies to the following fields:CovidCasesConfirmed, HospitalisedCovidCases, RequiringICUCovidCases, HealthcareWorkersCovidCases,Clusters Notified,HospitalisedAged5,HospitalisedAged5to14,HospitalisedAged15to24,HospitalisedAged25to34,HospitalisedAged35to44,HospitalisedAged45to54,HospitalisedAged55to64,HospitalisedAged65to74,HospitalisedAged75to84,HospitalisedAged85up,Male, Female, Unknown,Aged1to4, Aged5to14, Aged15to24, Aged25to34, Aged35to44, Aged45to54, Aged55to64, Aged65to74,Aged75to84,Aged85up,MedianAgeCommunityTransmission, CloseContact, TravelAbroad, Total Deaths by Date of Death,Deaths by Date of Death.

Project Tycho datasets contain case counts for reported disease conditions for countries around the world. The Project Tycho data curation team extracts these case counts from various reputable sources, typically from national or international health authorities, such as the US Centers for Disease Control or the World Health Organization. These original data sources include both open- and restricted-access sources. For restricted-access sources, the Project Tycho team has obtained permission for redistribution from data contributors. All datasets contain case count data that are identical to counts published in the original source and no counts have been modified in any way by the Project Tycho team, except for aggregation of individual case count data into daily counts when that was the best data available for a disease and location. The Project Tycho team has pre-processed datasets by adding new variables, such as standard disease and location identifiers, that improve data interpretability. We also formatted the data into a standard data format. All geographic locations at the country and admin1 level have been represented at the same geographic level as in the data source, provided an ISO code or codes could be identified, unless the data source specifies that the location is listed at an inaccurate geographical level. For more information about decisions made by the curation team, recommended data processing steps, and the data sources used, please see the README that is included in the dataset download ZIP file.

ECDC: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: Ireland data was reported at 429.000 Person in 14 Dec 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 249.000 Person for 13 Dec 2020. ECDC: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: Ireland data is updated daily, averaging 88.500 Person from Dec 2019 (Median) to 14 Dec 2020, with 350 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,284.000 Person in 19 Oct 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 10 Mar 2020. ECDC: COVID-2019: Number of Cases: Ireland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table ECDC.D001: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019): Cases and Deaths: by EU Member States (Discontinued).

WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Ireland data was reported at 9,388.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 9,388.000 Person for 23 Dec 2023. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Ireland data is updated daily, averaging 6,361.500 Person from Mar 2020 (Median) to 24 Dec 2023, with 1394 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,388.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 03 Mar 2020. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Ireland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Health Organization. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table WHO.D002: World Health Organization: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019): by Country and Region (Discontinued). Due to some inclusions and exclusions of cases that are not properly reflected in WHO report, which are the result of the retrospective adjustments of national authorities, some current day “To-date” figures will not tally to the sum of previous day “To-date” cases and current day new reported cases. Figures with excluded cases are relatively lower compared to the previous day.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 210 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 13, 2022. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 557.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 6.3 million. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

The difficulties of death figures

This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

As of October 31, 2021, COVID-19 was involved in the deaths of 1,448 people in Northern Ireland between 80 and 89 years of age. In that age group, there were 771 male deaths and 677 female deaths. A further 886 deaths involving COVID-19 were recorded among 70 to 79 year olds. In England, the age group 80 to 89 years also had the highest number of deaths involving COVID-19, the case was also the same in Scotland. For further information about the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

As of January 13, 2023, Bulgaria had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths among its population in Europe at 548.6 deaths per 100,000 population. Hungary had recorded 496.4 deaths from COVID-19 per 100,000. Furthermore, Russia had the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Europe, at over 394 thousand.

Number of cases in Europe During the same period, across the whole of Europe, there have been over 270 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. France has been Europe's worst affected country with around 38.3 million cases, this translates to an incidence rate of approximately 58,945 cases per 100,000 population. Germany and Italy had approximately 37.6 million and 25.3 million cases respectively.

Current situation In March 2023, the rate of cases in Austria over the last seven days was 224 per 100,000 which was the highest in Europe. Luxembourg and Slovenia both followed with seven day rates of infections at 122 and 108 respectively.