The Department of Health in the Republic of Ireland has confirmed 3,164 PCR-confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus and 3,354 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal, bringing the full total to 6,518 new cases within the past 24 hours.
Yesterday Sunday, there were a total of 5,176 cases reported, made up of 2,313 positive PCR tests and 2,863 registered antigen tests.
On Saturday, the Department of Health recorded 3,750 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,045 antigen tests registered again through their HSE portal.
This morning there were 1,433 people in the Republic’s hospitals with Covid-19, while 59 patients were in hospital intensive care units, up 2 on yesterday.
Sadly, the total number of Covid-19-related deaths, since the start of the pandemic, and as of last Friday, remains at 6,786.
In Northern Ireland a further 903 cases of coronavirus were reported today up from 783 cases reported on Sunday.
This morning, 480 people with Covid-19 were in Northern hospitals, with 10 patients in intensive care units.
Sadly 6 new Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, bringing their total number of deaths, linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, to 3,342.
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