There has been another slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals. As of this morning, there were 1,047 people with the virus in hospitals around the country, up five on the same time yesterday.
Of these, 42 are in intensive care units, unchanged from yesterday. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 2,100 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, yesterday.
In addition, 7,271 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. A Clare-based GP said that while Covid-19 case numbers are increasing, Ireland has "moved into a different position now" with Covid-19 and GPs are no longer seeing very serious illness.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, Dr Máire Finn said ICU figures have also "thankfully" not reached a worrying level. "Generally, the worldwide perception of Covid now is that it is a less significant disease and that the mortality and morbidity rates are lower than the seasonal flu," she said.