There have been five Covid-19-related deaths and 617 new cases of the disease notified to the Department of Health in the past 24 hours.
This brings the cumulative number of cases here to 40,703 while the death toll stands at 1,821. This includes the denotification of one previously confirmed death.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan said: "The profile of the disease continues to deteriorate. There have been an additional 32 hospitalisations and eight ICU admissions in the past 24 hours. "We are continuing to see a high number of daily cases. "It is vital that we interrupt the transmission of the virus now. "NPHET (National Public Health Emergency Team) continues to monitor the situation however it is early, individual action that is