More than 28,000 new cases of Covid-19 recorded since Friday

There were 4,717 positive antigen tests reported through the HSE's online portal on Friday, 3,803 on Saturday and a further 4,478 on Sunday.

The Department of Health has today reported an additional 3,975 positive PCR cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) also reported 4,933 PCR confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, with 6,260 recorded on Saturday.

In addition, there were 4,717 positive antigen tests reported through the HSE's online portal on Friday, 3,803 on Saturday and a further 4,478 on Sunday.

In summary, 15,168 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed by PCR tests over the weekend, while 12,998 positive antigen tests were recorded, totalling 28,166 new cases of the virus since Friday.

The Department of Health confirmed recently that they would no longer be reporting Covid-19 figures over the weekend and would instead release them on the following Monday.

As of 8am this morning, there are 643 people in hospital with a confirmed case of the coronavirus, of whom 76 are in intensive care.