248 New Cases of COVID19
Two hundred and fourty-eight COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 34,560 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 24th, thirteen cases were health care workers. Six people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,566 cases. Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 319 to 10,542 cases in total. The total admissions to hospital is 1,727 since the begin of the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ireland.
The headline figures show a total of 248 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 24th of September, with 5 deaths reported. Overall 1,802 COVID related deaths have been announce
Northern Ireland recorded one further death. There have been 578 COVID related deaths in Northern Ireland.
| 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 | 5,535 | 444 | 8% |
| Total | 34,560 | 9,104 | 26% |