11,682 new Covid-19 cases confirmed as hospitalisations rise by 58

41 patients were receiving treatment in intensive care this morning, a decrease of ten on yesterday's total. File Picture: PA

11,682 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this afternoon by officials at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

4,065 of the cases were recorded through PCR testing, and the remaining 7,617 were recorded through positive antigen tests registered on the HSE’s online portal yesterday.