334 New Cases of COVID19
Three hundred and thirty-four COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 33,444 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 20th, nineteen cases were health care workers. Eleven people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,535 cases. Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 75 to 9,541 in total. The total admissions to hospital is 1,702 since the begin of the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ireland.
The headline figures show a total of 344 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 21st of September, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,792 COVID related deaths have been announced.
Northern Ireland recorded no further deaths. There have been 577 COVID related deaths in Northern Ireland.
The number of cases in September are now 105 greater than May.
| 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 | 4,419 | 370 | 8% |
| Total | 33,444 | 9,030 | 27% |