46 New Cases of COVID19
Four-six new covid cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 26,208 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for August 1st, five were health care workers. No cases were admitted to hospital, the total number admitted to hospital is 3,359 cases.
The headline figures show a total of 46 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 2nd of August, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,763 COVID related deaths have been announced.
In first two days of August 99 new cases have been confirmed.
| Month | Total Cases | Health Care Workers | Health Care Workers % |
| March | 3,282 | 841 | 26% |
| April | 17,460 | 5,132 | 29% |
| May | 4,314 | 2,013 | 47% |
| June | 418 | 229 | 55% |
| July | 635 | 217 | 34% |
| August | 99 | 5 | 5% |
| Total | 26,208 | 8,437 | 32% |