More than 12-and-a-half thousand further cases of Covid-19 have been reported.
5,381 cases were confirmed through a PCR test, while 7,127 people logged a positive antigen test result on the HSE’s online portal.
1,610 people are in hospital with the virus, of whom 49 are being treated in ICU.
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital has increased by 5 in the past 24 hours.
