4,115 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported this evening.
Latest figures show the country’s 14-day incidence rate is 1,334 cases per 100,000 people – with Carlow, Westmeath and Kildare having the highest rates.
The Chief Medical Officer, Tony Holohan, is expressing ‘very significant concern’ at the situation – saying we’re in an ‘uncertain’ and ‘unstable’ situation.
511 Covid patients are in hospital, down 19 from yesterday, with 110 in intensive care, down five.