Covid-19: Further 12,138 cases confirmed as 52 more deaths notified

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 12,138 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland; 6,843 PCR-confirmed cases, as well as 5,295 positive antigen tests logged through the HSE portal.

There have been an additional 52 deaths related to Covid-19 since Wednesday of last week. This brings the total number of people who have died from the disease to 6,087 since the beginning of the pandemic.