The number of people with Covid-19 in hospitals around the country has risen slightly. There are 15 patients with confirmed cases of Covid-19 in hospital, five are in intensive care.
This compares to last Thursday when numbers in hospital were at their lowest level since the peak of the pandemic in April. On that day, there were six positive cases in hospital and four in ICU.
There are three positive cases in Tallaght University Hospital, two in Drogheda, two in the Mater, two in Wexford and one each in Beaumont, Cavan, Galway, Kilkenny, Mullingar and Limerick hospitals.
There are 112 patients in hospital with suspected Covid-19, again spread all across the country, with the most suspected cases in Limerick where there are 26 patients