NPHET have confirmed a further 4,570 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today amid a surge in the virus.

Of the cases 622 Covid-19 patients were in hospital, 117 are in ICU. Out of the 117 patients with Covid-19 in ICU, 81 are on ventilators.

Danny McConnell, Political Editor, Irish Examiner, Dr Beth Brint, Immunologist, UCC, Margaret O’Rourke Doherty - CEO of the Hair and Beauty Industry Confederation and
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