233 healthcare workers have tested positive for Covid-19 in the space of two weeks.
Over half of them live in Dublin and nearly 82 per cent are women.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre says the positive tests were detected in the final two weeks of September.
#COVID19 cases in healthcare workers in Ireland weekly report. This report includes all healthcare worker COVID-19 cases reported to HPSC, including confirmed, probable and possible cases. https://t.co/Ui6MKNVxOJ pic.twitter.com/G2eImKFvFH
— HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) (@hpscireland) October 2, 2020
9,225 healthcare workers have now tested positive for the virus - which is over a quarter of the country's cases.
