2,029 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the Republic of Ireland this evening.
It brings the five-day moving average of cases here to 1,906.
448 Covid patients are now in hospital, with 88 in intensive care – the highest figure in over seven months.
The Chief Medical Officer also says this evening that the 14-day incidence rate of the virus nationally is now over 500 cases per 100,000 people.
Dr Tony Holohan says it’s rising in all age-groups and in every part of the country.
County Donegal still has the fifth-highest 14-day rate of the virus, as of the latest HSE figures – it now stands at 624.4 cases per 100,000 people.
Although the latest 7-day figures do show the virus is now growing faster in many other counties, as Donegal only has the eleventh-highest 7-day rate – currently 299 cases per 100,000.
