The Department of Health has confirmed 1,758 new cases of Covid-19 in the republic of Ireland in the last 24 hours. There are 248 people being treated for the virus in our hospitals today, up 19 cases on yesterday’s figures,
while the number of people in intensive care units stands at 48, up a further 5 cases on yesterday.
In Northern Ireland, there are 1,294 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed today. There are 359 Covid-19 patients in northern hospital, of which 44 are in ICU. Alas, there were sadly a further 3 deaths also reported.
The above indicated figures bring to 3,052 the number of new Covid-19 cases confirmed on the whole island of Ireland, over the past 24 hours.
Ireland will now cease further deliveries of AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines.
This decision comes as the European Union focuses its efforts on acquiring mRNA vaccines. There remains currently a strong availability of mRNA vaccines here in Ireland and therefore further deliveries of AstraZeneca and Janssen will be suspended for the foreseeable future.
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