More than 950 patients are still in hospital with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid 19. The Mater Hospital in Dublin continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases with 104, followed by St James' hospital, also in Dublin, with 76.
Limerick hospital has 41 confirmed and 60 suspected cases. There were 98 people with confirmed Covid-19 in ICUs around the country.
That number has remained under 100 for the second day in a row. The last time such numbers were seen was the end of March. There were also 22 people with suspected covid 19 in intensive care and there were 131 critical care beds still available.