Almost 64,000 Covid cases recorded over St Patrick's weekend

In total, 1,308 people with the virus are in hospital, the highest level it's been at in over a year.

The department of health has confirmed 63,954 cases of Covid-19 from St Patrick's day until March 21.

Today, the HPSC were notified of 4,024 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid in addition to 10,631 positive antigens registered through the HSE portal on Sunday, March 20.