In the Irish Republic, over the past 24 hours, 9,591 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health.
Of these, 5,109 were PCR-confirmed, while 4,482 were positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
As of 8:00am this morning, there remain 707 patients in the Republic’s hospitals with the virus and of these 69 remain in intensive care.
In Northern Ireland, 3,737 cases of coronavirus were reported today, down from 4,243 yesterday.
Today also, there were 363 patients with Covid-19 in northern hospitals down from 387 reported yesterday, with 22 of these patients in intensive care units, a figure unchanged since last Wednesday.
Sadly, 8 Covid-19-related deaths have also been reported in Northern Ireland today, with the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, since the start of the pandemic, standing at 3,100.
Please continue the downward virus hospital trend by getting your booster vaccination dose, as soon as applicable.
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