Almost 40k Covid cases logged over the weekend with 1,624 now in hospital

As of this morning, there are 1,624 people in hospital with Covid-19, while 54 patients are in intensive care units with the disease around the country

A further 39,561 cases of Covid-19 have been reported since Friday, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) has confirmed.

On Monday, 5,263 cases of the disease were confirmed by PCR testing, while 6,466 people registered a positive antigen test on Sunday through the HSE portal.