There have been 3,780 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported by the Department of Health. A further 5,585 people have registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

There has also been a slight rise in the number of people with Covid-19 in hospital. As of 8am, there were 646 patients being treated in hospital with the virus, an increase of three on the same time yesterday.

However, it compares to a figure of 824 two weeks ago and 657 last Monday. The number of people with Covid in intensive care units has fallen slightly.

Of the 646 patients with the virus in hospital today, 72 were receiving treatment in ICU as of 11.30am, a decrease of four on yesterday.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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