274 New Cases of COVID19
Two hundred and seventy-four COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 32,538 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 17th, nine cases were health care workers. Ten people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,500 cases. Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 222 to 9,165 in total. No hospitalizations occurred in Northern Ireland, the total number admitted remains at 1,618, since the begin of the COVID-19 crisis.
The headline figures show a total of 274 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 18th of September, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,792 COVID related deaths have been announced.
Northern Ireland recorded no further deaths. There have been 575 COVID related deaths in Northern Ireland.
The Republic of Ireland's COVID-19 cases has now surpassed March 2020 numbers by 231.
| 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 | 3,513 | 308 | 9% |
| Total | 32,538 | 8,968 | 28% |