As the National Public Health Emergency Team reported 1,571 new cases, the Chief Medical Officer said that there is an "extremely high incidence" of the virus circulating in communities.
Here are five takeaways from the latest NPHET briefing on Covid-19: 16-29 age group 'dominates' case counts Professor Philip Nolan said NPHET is seeing very high incidences of the virus in adults and teenagers aged 16-29.
He said that people in this age group have "dominated" case counts over the last period of time and that they are largely not fully vaccinated.
The briefing also heard that the incidence rate of the virus in children is similar to middle-aged vaccinated adults. Prof Nolan said data suggests that children under 12 are less susceptible to