3,633 new Covid cases confirmed as CMO warns against office Christmas parties

The CMO said he understood this was difficult for people to hear, but warned that Nphet modelling projects there could be more than 200,000 cases of Covid-19 next month.

A further 3,633 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by the Department of Health this evening.

Currently, 634 patients are hospitalised with the virus, of which 119 are in ICU.