The Department of Health has confirmed 1,098 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland today. There are also 163 patients in our hospitals with Covid related illness, and of these 26 are being treated in ICU’s.
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Staff at the HSE have stated that 10,000 people availed of ‘walk-in Covid-19 vaccination centres’ around the country yesterday. As of this morning, 87% of the Irish adult population are partially vaccinated, while almost 76% are fully vaccinated.
In Northern Ireland, sadly 5 more deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, together with 1,072 confirmed new Covid-19 cases.
Mass vaccination centres in Northern Ireland also saw a surge in activity yesterday, as they administered first doses to adults for the last time.
Same figures bring to 2,170 the number of Covid-19 cases on the island of Ireland in past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, according to a report in ‘The Financial Times’ today, Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their Covid-19 vaccines in the latest European Union supply contracts, however Pfizer and Moderna were not available for comment on this claim today.
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