In the Irish Republic, over the past 24 hours, 8,631 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health.
Of these, 3,872 were PCR-confirmed, while 4,759 were positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
As of 8:00am, again here in the Republic of Ireland, there were 692 patients with the Covid-19 virus being treated in our hospitals across the State, an increase of 41 on the same time yesterday.
There has been also an increase in the number of people with Covid-19 in intensive care units, however, and of 11.30am, 75 people with the virus were being treated in our intensive care units, an increase of 1 on the same time yesterday.
The total number of Covid-19-related deaths, in the Irish Republic, confirmed (subject to revision) since the start of the pandemic, stands at 6,136.
In Northern Ireland, another 4,159 cases of coronavirus were confirmed today, up from 3,069 reported just yesterday.
There were 338 patients with the killer virus in hospitals in Northern Ireland, down from 363 on reported on Friday, with 23 of these patients in northern hospital intensive care units, up from 22 also reported on Friday.
Sadly, 3 Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19, since the start of the pandemic, to 3,111.
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