7,694 new cases of Covid-19 recorded with 653 patients in hospital

As of 8.30am, there are 653 patients with the virus in hospital, with 46 people in intensive care.

More than 7,600 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed by health authorities today.

There has been 3,342 PCR-confirmed cases as well as 4,352 people registering a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.