The Department of Health has confirmed 529 new cases of Covid-19. This is the highest number of daily cases reported since Thursday, May 20 when there were 524 new infections.
The number of people with the disease in ICU is down two to 28 compared to yesterday while there are 86 Covid patients in hospitals.
Daily case numbers may change due to future data review, validation and update. In the past seven days, a total of 2,953 new coronavirus infections have been reported compared to 2,880 in the previous seven day period, a small increase of just over 2%.
Today's figures come amid concern over rising Covid infections in the Limerick area. Over 800 cases have been identified there over the past two weeks, mainly as a result of indoor