The highest number of Covid-19 tests completed in a single day in Ireland was recorded yesterday. The Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive said that 13,000 tests were completed.
Paul Reid tweeted that this is "our highest daily number ever". Mr Reid said that the mean "end to end" time from referral to the completion of contact tracing is now down to 2.1 days.
He said that 98% of tests are coming back negative, and that would mean the "vast majority would have been returned in much less than 2 days".
The latest operational data from the HSE shows there are 19 people with Covid-19 being treated in 12 different hospitals around the country as of 8pm last night.