As of 2pm today, there were 196 Covid-19 patients in hospital, of which 31 are in ICU. There were 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
The national 14-day incidence rate is now 84.7, and there have been 4,032 cases confirmed in the last 14 days.
Donegal’s Covid incidence remains the highest in the country at 236.8 cases per 100,000, with Louth (192.4), Kilkenny 191.5 and Carlow (165.1) also well above the national average.
The five-day moving average of cases is now 316 per day, while the seven-day incidence rate is 44.4 per 100,000 of population.
Earlier today, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the vaccine programme for Covid-19 may begin before the end of 2020.