'These figures are stark': 2,427 cases confirmed as number of Covid patients in ICU highest in seven months

Revellers on Oliver Plunkett Street enjoying the opening night of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2021. Picture: Gavin Browne

The Chief Medical Officer is urging people to be cautious over the bank holiday weekend as the Covid situation worsens.

It comes as 2,427 further cases of Covid-19 were confirmed this afternoon.