The Department of Health has been notified of three further deaths and 1,283 additional cases of Covid-19. It brings to 1,852 the total number of Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.
There is now a total of 49,962 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. The number of confirmed cases in ICU has increased by three to 33, according to the latest figures.
Of the cases notified today 408 are in Dublin, 156 in Cork, 88 in Kildare, 80 in Meath, 55 in Limerick and the remaining 496 cases are spread across 21 counties.
Women account for 651 cases, with 628 cases are men. 68% are under 45 years of age with the median age of 31 years old. As of 2pm today, 277 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 33 are in ICU.