429 New Cases of COVID19

Four hundred and twenty-nine COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 36,155 in the Republic of Ireland. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for September 28th, thirty cases were health care workers. Seven people were admitted to hospital. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,600 cases. Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 424 to 11,693 cases in total. The total admissions to hospital is 1,801 (up 40) since the begin of the COVID-19 crisis in Northern Ireland.


The headline figures show a total of 429 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 29th of September, with one death reported. Overall 1,804 COVID related deaths have been announce

Northern Ireland recorded one further death. There have been 579 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 7,130 523 7%
Total 36,155 9,183 25%