390 New Cases of COVID19
Three hundred and ninety COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 35,377 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 26th, seventeen cases were health care workers. Eight people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,545 cases. Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 220 to 10,949 cases in total. The total admissions to hospital is 1,747 since the begin of the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ireland.
The headline figures show a total of 390 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 27th of September, with no deaths reported. Overall 1,802 COVID related deaths have been announce
Northern Ireland recorded no further deaths. There have been 578 COVID related deaths in Northern Ireland.
The week-ending the 26th September 2020 the total number of new cases came to 2,057, in the Republic of Ireland. 117 of them were healthcare workers or 6% of the total figure.
| 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 | 6,352 | 468 | 7% |
| Total | 35,377 | 9,128 | 26% |
| Week-ending | Total Cases | Health Care Workers | Health Care Workers % |
| 5th September 2020 | 912 | 143 | 16% |
| 12th September 2020 | 1,313 | 118 | 9% |
| 19th September 2020 | 1,948 | 122 | 6% |
| 26th September 2020 | 2,057 | 117 | 6% |