Vaccinated people account for third of new Covid cases

HSE lead for tracing and testing Niamh O’Beirne said 15,800 people were tested around the country on Monday alone.

Up to one in three new Covid-19 cases are now vaccinated people, the HSE lead for testing and tracing said.

The HSE is planning extra walk-in test centres as more people went for testing between Monday and Wednesday than at the start of any other week in this wave of infections.