An additional 252 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening, while no further deaths have been reported. The total number of Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland is now 2,022, following the denotification of one death.
Of the cases reported today, 65% are under the age of 45. There were 88 cases in Dublin, 26 in Cork, 21 in Kilkenny, 16 in Louth and 16 in Mayo, with the remaining 85 spread across another 20 counties.
As of 2 o'clock this afternoon, 289 patients with Covid-19 were in hospital, with 33 in ICU - down two from yesterday's figure of 31.
There were an additional 11 hospitalisations over the past 24 hours. At a NPHET briefing this evening, the Chief Medical Officer said Ireland's 14-day incidence rate of Covid-19 is the