The Department of Health, in the Republic of Ireland, has confirmed 7,956 new cases of Covid-19, within the past 24 hours.
The new figures confirm 4,335 PCR-confirmed cases and 3,621 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
The total number of Covid-19-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland since the start of the pandemic stands at 6,460 as of Wednesday last.
As of 8:00am today, 629 Covid-19 patients are recorded as being in the Republic’s hospitals, up 19 more than reported yesterday. Of this number 53 are in intensive care, down 2 on yesterday.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed 2,068 new cases of the virus over the same period, down from 2,486 cases reported yesterday.
This morning, there were 485 Covid-19 patients in northern hospital, up from 483 reported yesterday; with 8 of these in intensive care, up 3 on yesterday’s figure.
The northern Department of Health confirm, also, that 2 more people, who had previously tested positive for the virus, have sadly died.
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