102 New Cases of COVID19

One hundred and two covid cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 29,774 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 5th, twenty-nine cases were health care workers. Three people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,427 cases.


The headline figures show a total of 102 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 6th of September, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,777 COVID related deaths have been announced.

912 new cases of COVID were announced for the weekending 5th September, 2020. Up 121 from the previous week. Of those COVID cases 143 of them were healthcare workers, 16% of all cases that week.

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 2,916 228 8%
September 749 111 15%
Total 29,774 8,771 29%

Week-ending Total Cases Health Care Workers Health Care Workers %
15th August 2020 545 43 8%
22nd August 2020 712 52 7%
29th August 2020 791 75 9%
5th September 2020 912 143 16%