Covid-19: Over 12,000 cases reported in three days and 1,081 in hospital

As of 8am, there are 1,081 Covid patients in hospitals around the country. Of these, 55 are in intensive care.

Over the course of the weekend, 8,444 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) was notified of 2,756 PCR-confirmed cases on Saturday. The previous day, 2,521 people registered positive antigen test resulted through the HSE portal.