16,019 new Covid cases with 101 outbreaks across hospitals

As of 8am today, 1,047 patients with the virus are in hosptial. Some 42 are in intensive care. Picture: iStock

Some 16,019 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed with hospitalisations rising again.

The Department of Health confirmed that there has been 6,284 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus as well as 9,735 positive antigen tests registered through the HSE portal.