There have been 783 cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health. There are 20 people in intensive care units being treated for Covid-19 - an increase of three from yesterday.
There are 73 people being treated in hospital. It was confirmed today that 12 deaths linked to the virus were reported in June, and one so far this month.
In a statement today, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn said that the latest data available is showing "clear increases in incidence of disease right across the country".
He said: "There is no question that the delta variant is having a considerable impact of transmission of COVID-19. "Delta also appears to be presenting with a different variety of symptoms than we have seen with other variants,