Nearly Two Thousand New Cases Covid Case Across the Island of Ireland

One thousand and twelve COVID-19 cases were announced by the HSE tonight, this brings the total cases to 41,714 in the Republic of Ireland. This is the first time since April 13th that they number of reported cases has gone above 1,000. The HSE and Department of Health also announced full hospital figures for October 8th, thirty-six cases were health care workers. The total number admitted to hospital stands at 3,769 cases (up 14). Figures announced by the Northern Irish Health Department show an increase in cases of 902 to 19,092 cases in total. The total admissions to hospital in Northern Ireland is 1,991 (Up 20).

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The headline figures show a total of 1,012 new cases as of 12 midnight on the 9th of October, with three new deaths reported. Overall 1,824 COVID related deaths have been announced.

Northern Ireland recorded no further deaths. There have been 587 COVID related deaths in Northern Ireland.

The Island of Ireland had an increase of 1,913 cases, bring the total number on the Island to 60,806.

Month	Total Cases	Health Care Workers	Health Care Workers %	Admissions	Deaths
March	3,282	841	26%	932	71
April	17,460	5,132	29%	1853	1,161
May	4,314	2,013	47%	507	420
June	418	229	55%	6	84
July	635	217	34%	61	27
August	2,916	228	8%	52	14
September	7,572	594	8%	220	27
October	5,117	318	6%	138	21
RoI Total	41,714	9,572	23%	3,769	1,824
NI Total	19,092	-	-	1,991	587
Total	60,806	-	-	5,760	2,411