The Department of Health here in the Irish Republic have confirmed 7,694 new cases of Covid-19; this total consisting of 3,342 PCR-confirmed cases and 4,352 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.
At 8:00am today, there were 653 Covid-19 patients in our Republic’s hospitals, up 37 on yesterday, and of these 46 remain in ICU, down 2 on yesterday’s figure.
Sadly, 13 deaths were reported today, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related deaths in the Republic of Ireland, since the start of the pandemic, to 6,521.
In Northern Ireland their Department of Health has confirmed 2,407 new cases of the virus.
Also, this morning, there were 477 Covid-19 patients in northern hospitals, up from 473 yesterday and of these 5 remain in intensive care, unchanged since yesterday.
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland also confirmed that 4 more persons, who had previously tested positive for the virus have sadly died, bringing the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic to 3,217.
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