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The Department of Health has confirmed 2,051 more coronavirus cases here in the Republic Of Ireland in the past 24 hours.

There are 323 patients being treated in our hospitals, up 16 on yesterday with 56 Covid-19 patients in our intensive care units (ICUs), an increase of 1 on yesterday.

In Northern Ireland today, sadly, there have been 5 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed today.

Here also, there have been reported another 1,771 cases of coronavirus, up from 1,648 yesterday. There are 388 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals, up from 373 yesterday, with 43 patients with Covid-19 in northern intensive care units, up from 41 yesterday.

Minister for Education Ms Norma Foley has stated that if a pregnant woman decides, in consultation with her doctor, or if her consultant recommends that it is not appropriate to return to work, then pregnancy-related leave remains in place.

The Minister for Health Mr Stephen Donnelly has said that the expected reopening roadmap will consider lifting only some current restrictions in the coming weeks, with others likely to be delayed until after the expected Covid-peak in four to six week’s time.

Same action by Minister Donnelly is seen by the vast majority of Tipperary people as the most appropriate action at this time, as case numbers continue to increase.

Here in the Republic of Ireland, a total of 1,571 further people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, while 307 patients are being treated in our hospital. Of these, 55 patients remain in ICU.

In Northern Ireland, another 1,648 cases of coronavirus were reported on today, up from 1,320 cases reported just yesterday. There are 373 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals, up from 352 on Monday. Of these, 41 patients remain in intensive care units.
Sadly, also, 12 more coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours.

The Chairperson of the National Public Health Emergency Team, Prof. Mr Philip Nolan has said that Covid-19 is now predominantly a disease of young, unvaccinated adults, while children under 12 are less susceptible to infection, than are older adolescents and adults.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan said he would not have a concern if concerts were to go ahead with fully vaccinated people attending.

Covid News from Overseas:

Scotland’s First Minister Ms Nicola Sturgeon has said she cannot completely rule out the need to reimpose coronavirus restrictions, as Scotland worst ever case numbers were recorded in the past 24 hours. Scotland recorded 10 coronavirus-linked deaths and 4,323 cases, in the just the past 24 hours.

Israel has said it would offer Covid vaccinations to students on school grounds, subject to parental approval, as it announced that their school year would open next week, despite continued surging coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, worldwide there have been recorded some 212,855,315 virus cases with at least 4,446,559 deaths.

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.