There are 288 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
The Department of Health says there are currently 49 patients with the virus in hospital.
The number of people being treated in ICU is up one to 15.
The Covid-19 vaccine portal is now open for people in their 30s.
Those aged 35 to 39 can register for a vaccine from today.
Meanwhile, an immunology professor says it’s inevitable border counties will start to see an increase in the Delta variant.
The strain accounts for 25 percent of Covid-19 cases in the North.
Professor Kingston Mills of Trinity College Dublin says the spread of the Delta variant is depedent on what travel restrictions are put in place…………….
