5,156 new cases as Covid testing rules for arrivals into Ireland come into place

Any passengers who arrive into Ireland without a negative result will need to home quarantine and take a PCR test within 36 hours of arrival. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

New Covid-19 testing rules for arrivals into Ireland have officially come into place as 5,156 new cases of the virus were recorded on Sunday. 

The Department of Health confirmed the figures as it announced that 503 Covidpatients are in hospital, of which 110 are in intensive care.