This evening the Department of Health has confirmed a further 1,688 new cases of Covid-19 the in Irish Republic. There are 314 people in hospital with the virus; the highest number since the end of March, with 59 patients in intensive care.
Some 135,000 people in the 12-15 age group have now registered to receive a vaccine, while 77,000 doses had now been administered among that same age group.
In total almost 6.6 million vaccines have now been administered, with 91% of adults partially vaccinated and 85% fully vaccinated.
In Northern Ireland, sadly, 11 further deaths of patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 have now been reported today. There have also been 1,485 known new confirmed cases of the virus in the last 24-hour reporting period.
The above confirmed figures bring to 3,173, in total, the number of new Covid-19 cases present on the whole island of Ireland, reported over the past 24 hours.
SAD