There have been 17,065 new cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health today while over 3,700 positive antigen tests were registered on the Health Service Executive's website.
The new portal to report results went live this morning for people aged between four and 39. The HSE said as of 7pm this evening, details of 3,764 positive antigen tests had been entered on the website.
The details of 4,665 people deemed as close contacts were also uploaded today. Those people will in turn be notified by the HSE and given advice on what steps they may need to take.
As of 8am, there were 1,023 patients in hospital with the virus, an increase of 12 on the same time yesterday. It compares to a figure of 936 on this day last week and 682 two weeks ago.