The Department of Health has confirmed 1,751 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours here in the Republic of Ireland.
There are 343 people in our hospital, having tested positive for the disease and of these, 59 are receiving treatment in our intensive care units, latter number showing a rise of 3 on yesterdays reported figures.
According to recorded data, there were 52 deaths linked to probable Covid-19 last month, August 2021.
In Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has announced a further 793 new confirmed cases of the virus in the last 24-hour period.
This morning there were 417 patients suffering from the virus in northern hospitals, with 46 of these in intensive care units.
Sadly, a further 12 people, in the last 24 hours, who had been diagnosed with Covid-19, have died.
VERY SAD, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WEARING MASKS.