The Department of Health here in the Irish Republic has today confirmed 5,677 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, together with 5,578 people registering a positive antigen test through the HSE portal, over the past 24 hours.
Both figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 11,255 today; an increase of 1,890 cases, based on yesterday’s reported figures.
Further data confirmed this morning shows that there are 627 people in our Republic’s hospitals with Covid-19, a decrease of 19 on yesterday, and of these, 68 are currently in intensive care units around our State, down 4 on figures reported yesterday.
The department has sadly, also confirmed 19 new Covid-related deaths, which occurred in the past week, bringing the total number of virus-related deaths in the Irish Republic to 6,291.
In Northern Ireland, a further 3,837 cases of coronavirus were reported today, down from 3,959 reported yesterday.
There are 379 patients with Covid-19 in in Northern Ireland’s hospitals, down from 382 yesterday, with 14 patients in hospital intensive care units, down 1 on yesterday.
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