Updated: 1 Jan 2021, 19:23
IRELAND is facing over 9,000 Covid-19 cases being confirmed in the coming days, NPHET has warned.
Professor Philip Nolan made the grim prediction this evening as a record 1,754 new infections were confirmed tonight.
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There have been 93,532 cases confirmed in Ireland so farCredit: PA:Press Association
A further 11 people have also died after testing positive for the virus, bringing the country's death toll to 2,248.
In total, there have been 93,532 cases confirmed since the pandemic struck in February last year.
Some 504 patients are currently battling coronavirus in hospital, of which 47 are in ICU.
There has been 46 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.