The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet later to discuss the deteriorating Covid-19 situation in the country’s hospitals.
Latest figures show there are 1,770 patients with the virus in hospitals, which includes 176 in ICU.
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Yesterday saw the second highest number of deaths associated with the disease with 63 reported.
A further 3,569 infections were detected including 35 in Tipperary bringing our 14-day incidence rate to 912.5 per 100,000 people. Nationally the rate is 1448.8.
The Chief Medical Officer says there’s still a “long, long way to go” in the fight against the virus.