COVID19 UPDATE: 1 New Death, 89 Confirmed Cases

89 new cases of Covid 19, 1 further death.

There has been one new death reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre today.

As of midnight Tuesday 1^st September, the HPSC has been notified of 89 confirmed cases of COVID-19. There is now a total of 29,114 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

Of the cases notified today;

• 40 are men / 48 are women
• 63% are under 45 years of age
• 56% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
• 8 cases have been identified as community transmission
• 53 in Dublin, 15 in Limerick, and the remaining 21 cases are Clare, Cork, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.