69 New Cases of COVID19

Sixty-nine new covid cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 26,372 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for August 4th, two cases were health care workers. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,359 cases.

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The headline figures show a total of 69 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 5th of August, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,768 COVID related deaths have been announced.

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	263	12	5%
Total	26,372	8,444	32%