1,446 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by the Department of Health this afternoon.
As of 8am today, 311 Covid patients are now being treated in hospitals – that’s down 17 on yesterday.
58 are in ICU – down one on yesterday’s number.
Latest figures show that as of midnight on Wednesday, Ireland’s 14-day Covid-19 incidence rate stands at 442 cases per 100,000 people, and that County Donegal’s incidence has now dropped below 1,000, to 977.4 – but that’s still high enough to be the second-highest 14-day figure in the country.
