There has been a further 2,121 new Covid-19 cases and 8 additional deaths.
There are now 1,975 people in hospital with the virus and 200 people in ICU
Of the cases notified today:
- 992 are men / 1,117 are women
- 58% are under 45 years of age
- The median age is 39 years old
- 753 in Dublin, 236 in Cork, 142 in Wexford, 126 in Kildare, 109 in Limerick and the remaining 755 cases are spread across all other counties.
Meanwhile NPHET says there has been 81 reports of suspected side effects associated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Chief Executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, Dr. Lorraine Nolan, says many were mild reactions:
