The Department of Health has confirmed 9,006 new cases of Covid-19 today in the Republic of Ireland
It’s also confirmed that the number of people being treated in Irish hospitals for Covid-19 has increased by 22% since Sunday.
Latest figures from the HSE show that there are 521 patients with the virus in hospital – an increase of 60 on yesterday.
Alos, 92 patients are receiving ICU care for Covid, up 1 since yesterday.
New figures also show that there has been a 30.5% positivity rate on tests conducted in the last week.
