There has been a slight increase in the numbers of people in hospital with Covid-19. As of 8am, there were 776 people in hospital with the virus, an increase of 25 on the same time yesterday.
Of these, 28 people are in intensive care units with Covid-19. Meanwhile, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that egislation will be considered by the Cabinet around when a mask mandate might be needed.
He said people in Ireland have seen the effectiveness of mask wearing in tackling the rise of Covid-19. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Donohoe said Covid infection numbers are rising and urged people who have not yet received a booster dose to do so. "In particular, for those who are in their late 60s, for those who are immuno-compromised our message is please avail of the booster campaign because that is the greatest line of defence to the disease and getting very sick and impacting on your health and that of those who are near you.
And that's where we will focus. "The key point here is just to emphasise the message that we learned so well over the last year. "Vaccines work, they can really play such a vital role in minimising the impact this disease can have on your health, and we would just encourage all who have not received our booth to campaign their booster vaccination yet to please do so," he said.