271 new cases confirmed as one million Europeans sign up for Covid travel cert

Greece, Spain, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania and the Czech Republic have already begun issuing documentation on the EU's digital Covid travel certificate. File Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A further 271 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this afternoon by the Department of Health.

The number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 is now 77 - an increase of 8 on Monday's figure.