New 396 Covid cases have been confirmed in Ireland. No new deaths have been reported.
A total of 32,933 Covid cases have been confirmed in the country so far. Of these, 1,792 deaths were reported.
Of the confirmed cases today, 172 are men and 224 are women. 70% are under 45 years of age.
Health experts stated that 26% are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case and 58 cases have been identified as community transmission.
The capital has registered new 241 virus cases.
There has been a significant increase in the number of people infected with Covid-19 in Dublin in recent weeks.
Of the remaining cases, 36 are in Cork, 19 in Donegal, 12 in Galway, 11 in Meath, 11 in Kildare, 9 in Monaghan, 7 in Louth, 6 in Clare, 6 in Offaly, 6 in Waterford and 5 in Wicklow. And the rest 27 cases spread across 11 counties.
There are currently 82 Covid-19 patients in the hospitals. Of these 17 patients are in ICU.
More than 83,000 tests with a positivity rate of 2.1 were completed over the last week.
The situation in Dublin continues to be same. The capital city is now under Level 3 of the Government’s five-level plan.