313 new Covid-19 cases as more than 3m vaccines administered in Ireland

More than half of the adult population in Ireland have received one coronavirus vaccine jab (Brian Lawless/PA)

Health officials have announced 313 new cases of Covid-19 on the day latest figures showed more than three million vaccines have been administered in Ireland.

The Department of Health announced the new case number while also confirming that 70 people with the virus are in hospital. 27 of those are in ICUs.